translate English to French: Genoa's historical parade evokes the Ligurian republic's consular age, before the doges and its transformation into a sort of aristocratic and mercantile monarchy. Central to the parade's theme is GuglielmoEmbriaco, called Testa di maglio (Mallet Head); as a Genoese commander, he led the republic's ships on the siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, and returned to Genoa with the Sacred Basin, which, according to tradition, was used by Jesus and the Apostles during the Last Supper.
Le cortège histonique de Gênes rappelle l'âge consulaire de la République Ligure, c'est à dire avant l'avènement des doges et la transformations en une sorte de monarchie aristocratique et mercantile.