- Sestri Ponente
Sestri Ponente is an industrial suburb of
Genoa in northwestItaly . It is part of the Medio Ponente "municipio" of Genoa.Geography
It is situated on the
Ligurian Sea to the west of the city, between Cornigliano and Pegli. Its population is currently about 50,000, but in the 1970s it was as high as 80,000.History
The name is derived from the
Latin "Sextum", a little village that was probably build in the second century A.D., where stones were assembled for theRoman road that left from Genoa. But no records exist about the population of Sestri before the fifteenth century.Economy
The links to the transport sector continue to this day; Sestri Ponente is home to
Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport . Another major source of employment are the shipyards, part of the Merchant Ships Business Unit ofFincantieri . They are currently enjoying the benefits of the current ship construction boom after the blows felt from the 1970s to the 1990s.Notes and references
External links
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Italy&ll=44.424,8.85&spn=0.02,0.02&t=k&hl=en Satellite image of Sestri Ponente]
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