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Nervi
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Also known as Genova-Nervi

Nervi is a former fishing village 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Portofino on the Riviera di Levante, now a seaside resort in Liguria, in northwest Italy. Once an independent comune, it is now a quartiere of Genoa. Nervi is 4 miles (7 km) east of central Genoa.

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Settlement.name
Nervi
Settlement.settlement_type
Quartiere
Settlement.image_skyline
Nervi panorama.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
The Porticciolo of Nervi
Settlement.pushpin_map
Italy
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Italy
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Italy
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Liguria
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Province of Genoa
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Comune
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Genoa
Settlement.population_total
10484
Settlement.population_as_of
2017

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Nervi panorama.jpg
Dialing code
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Commons category
Nervi (Genoa)
Commons gallery
Nervi (quartiere di Genova)
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6 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Museums
  • Points of interest
  • Euroflora
  • Festival Internazionale del Balletto e della Musica
  • Notes and references

Nervi is a former fishing village 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Portofino on the Riviera di Levante, now a seaside resort in Liguria, in northwest Italy. Once an independent comune, it is now a quartiere of Genoa. Nervi is 4 miles (7 km) east of central Genoa.

Multiple 16th-century sources describe Nervi as the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, though his exact origins remain a matter of debate.

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