Country Italy Elevation 129 m (423 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Wednesday 7:38 AM Postal code 16047 Dialling code 0185 | Province / Metropolitan city Genoa (GE) Demonym(s) Moconesini Area 16.1 km² Province Province of Genoa Region Liguria | |
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Frazioni Cornia, Dragonaria, Ferrada (communal seat), Gattorna, Moconesi Alto, Pezzonasca, Santa Brilla, Terrarossa Colombo Weather 11°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 62% Humidity | ||
Moconesi (Ligurian: Moconexi) is a municipality (comune) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria. The head-hamlet of Moconesi municipality is the village of Ferrada which is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Genoa and 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) from the house in Terrarossa, reportedly place of birth of Christopher Columbus.
Map of 16047 Moc%C3%B2nesi, Genoa, Italy
Moconesi would mean "casa di Mocco", the name of an ancient Roman legate found in the bronze tablet of Polcevera, 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). The actual territories of Ferrada di Moconesi and vicinities were the property of the family Fieschi of Lavagna, before they became property of the Republic of Genoa in 1147. Moconesi was later included in the Captainship of Rapallo and within the French administration during Napoleon Bonaparte occupation of Northern Italy.
Moconesi borders the following municipalities: Cicagna, Favale di Malvaro, Lorsica, Montebruno, Neirone, Torriglia, Tribogna.