Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-01

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ference on European finances at
Genoa suggests q revival Of the citys
home industry, remarks a bulletin
issued by the National Geographic
Society on Geneva "a Surperoa, as
| the Italians call their great com
merC.al doorway. a port Tor wv
thousand years.
'Genoa wac one of the pioneers In
| European finance" says the pui-
| letin. "It had one OF the first fuli-
| fedged banks in the Banca di san
Gicrglo, the rival and for a ions
| time the peer of the great BANK ol
| Venice. The Bsnca di San Giorsio'
/ moro than 500 years ago. a sucn
! modern trimmings as a real estate
| department which took charge Oh
connuered territories, administered
them somewhat after the fashion OF
a modern trust company. n after
puttiug the o.on a sound economic
| basis. ceded them back 10 the Geno-
| esa Later when spain
had lts wonderful development OF
| poVer and came near dominating the
world. Cenoa served as banker TO It's
| kings and as a sort OF general man
| ag,v and outfttec~ to its armies ana
navies.
Greatest Italian Port
"Un!ike the people OF some OF lus
| old rival cities. the Genoese nave
MANAGED to keep much OF the IMAM
cial and business ability when gave
their city great wealth ana worlu M
nortauce in the Middle Ages. Today
lis busy harr or with its forest OF
masts ard tunnel tcstifies to its po-
sition az the greatest Italian port,
The secoud port of the Mediterranean
and the httil port on the mainland IN
Europe. Forty per cent OF ltaIy .
co,1n cree is said to PASS through the
harbor Ct Genoa.
.'The wealth that the business abil-
ity OF the Genoese brought 10 tneir
Golfers has been recorded In stone
in tie city's many palaces, larger
and more numerous than those OF
any s,ther Italian city. From the
harbor Genoa sweeps before the OBJ
server in a great sepAi-cireie, its
buildings rising tier above tier on the I
slope Of hills which extend almost
FROM the waters edge. Beyond the
closely build foreground the NH
sides arc studded with cleaning VII
las set in their terraced gardens. IN
the background. on the crest OF the
hills, are the ramparts that
tell of the days when Genoa supreme
cL SVoS ~ |
hostile neighbors on land.
Palaces Drug on Market
"Vicwing some Of the most nobly
built streets, the visitor Is ready to
that Geno4 mad coming laws
and atrIct building regulations. For
block after Dioch the cornice OF one
palace is OH a line with that OF its
nelghbor, giving q consistency most
pleasing to the eye Spacious exter-
mai marble stairs are features OF
many Of the luxurious dwellings IN
streets, due to the steep slopes
On which the buildings were erected.
some of the ancient palaces scions
II Genou's famous old families still
i've, but many have been turned to
public and semi.public uses and
,ouse municipal Offices, museums
md schools. Tho famous old Palaz-
o di San Giorgio, first residence.
hon home OF the bank. now houses
he horbor commission, and the Pal
eco Of the Doges is a telegraph office.
Though IN the very middle Of the
Riviera. winter playground,
Genoa is not itself q winter resort.
But it Is a convenient doorway and
point for the numerous
10th to the north and south.
Tho very suburbs OF Genoa, reached
in q few minutes by electric trans
from it's squares. are well known
Rivera resorts. And the s%ojourner
find much in Genoa itself to In
tereSt him.
Mole-Iike Tram Cars
at is a paradise for the walker
and even for his legs strenuous fell
low sightseer. Roads and paths wind
a'o,,s the shoulders Of the hills over
the cit. and afford wonderful views
of the palaces, the busy harbor, the
blue sea. ana far to the south on
clear days. the big island of Corsica
which l:ttle Genoa once owned. Car
riases and mote cars cannot nego-
tiate ali these vantage points. but ]