Christopher Columbus House Genova Royalty-Free Stock Image

The house is located outside Genoa`s 14th-century walls. During the Renaissance, the area became subject to intense building, mainly consisting of public housing.nnColumbus was born in 1451, and historical documents indicated that Columbus lived here between approximately 1455 and 1470. At this time, the house had two or maybe three stories, with a shop on the ground floor, and the front door to the left of the shop.nnAccording to historian Marcello Staglieno, the original house was most likely destroyed in the French Bombardment of Genoa in 1684. It was rebuilt in the early 18th century on the basis of the original ruins.