Moconesi () is a municipality (

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) in the

Metropolitan City of Genoa The Metropolitan City of Genoa () is a metropolitan city in the region of Liguria in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Genoa. It replaced the province of Genoa in 2015. It has 67 municipalities (''comuni) in'' an area of and a total p ...

in the

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region

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. The head-hamlet of Moconesi municipality is the village of

Ferrada Ferrada is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * María José Ferrada (born 1977), Chilean journalist and writer * Paula Ferrada (born 1977), Colombian surgeon and physician * Soraya Martínez Ferrada (born 1972), Chilean-Canadian p ...

which is located about northeast of

Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...

and from the house in

Terrarossa Terrarossa is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Licciana Nardi in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italian region of Tuscany. In recent years there has been a substantial increase in the population. The river Magra, the largest in all of Lun ...

, reportedly place of birth of

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed Voyages of Christopher Columbus, four Spanish-based voyages across the At ...

. ''Moconesi'' would mean "casa di Mocco", the name of an ancient Roman

legate Legate may refer to: People * Bartholomew Legate (1575–1611), English martyr * Julie Anne Legate (born 1972), Canadian linguistics professor * William LeGate (born 1994), American entrepreneur Political and religious offices *Legatus, a hig ...

found in the

bronze tablet of Polcevera Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloids (suc ...

, an archeological finding of 1506 recording a sentence of the Roman Senate of 111 BC. This sentence concerned a territorial dispute of families in the Polcevera Valley of Northern Genoa).Agostino Giustiniani, Annali della Repubblica di Genova
/ref> The actual territories of Ferrada di Moconesi and vicinities were the property of the family

Fieschi The House of Fieschi were an old Italian noble family from Genoa, Italy, from whom descend the Fieschi Ravaschieri Princes of Belmonte. Of ancient origin, they took their name from the progenitor ''Ugo Fliscus'', descendants of the counts of Lav ...

Lavagna Lavagna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, in the Italian region of Liguria. History and culture The village, unlike nearby Chiavari which has pre-Ancient Rome, Roman evidence, seems to have developed in Ancient ...

, before they became property of the

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in 1147. Moconesi was later included in the Captainship of

Rapallo Rapallo ( , , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, in the Italy, Italian region of Liguria. As of 2017 it had 29,778 inhabitants. It lies on the Ligurian Sea coast, on the Tigullio Gulf, between Portofino and ...

and within the French administration during Napoleon Bonaparte occupation of Northern Italy. Moconesi borders the following municipalities:

Cicagna Cicagna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italy, Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa. Cicagna borders the following municipalities: Coreglia Ligure, Lorsica, Mocònesi, Orero, Liguria, Orero, ...

Favale di Malvaro Favale di Malvaro () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa. Favale di Malvaro borders the following municipalities: Lorsica, Mocònesi, Neirone, Rezzoaglio ...

Lorsica Lorsica () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italy, Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa. Lorsica borders the following municipalities: Cicagna, Favale di Malvaro, Mocònesi, Montebruno, Neiro ...

Montebruno Montebruno () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa. Montebruno borders the following municipalities: Fascia, Fontanigorda, Lorsica, Mocònesi, Rezzoagli ...

, Neirone,

Torriglia Torriglia () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located in the upper Trebbia valley, about northeast of Genoa. Torriglia borders the following municipalities: Davagna, Lorsica, Luma ...

, Tribogna.

References

Cities and towns in Liguria {{Liguria-geo-stub