Genoa, Italy - June 2013; Christopher Columbus was born and raised in Genoa, Italy. The house where he was born (Casa Columba) is located just outsid

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Genoa, Italy - June 2013; Christopher Columbus was born and raised in Genoa, Italy. The house where he was born (Casa Columba) is located just outside the medieval Porta Soprana city gates, seen here behind the adjacent colonnade of Saint Andrew Cloister.

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