Mocònesi

Moconesi (Ligurian: Meconexi) 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.^[3]

Moconesi Meconexi
Comune
Comune di Moconesi
Church
Location of Moconesi
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Coordinates: 44°25′N 9°12′E
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Metropolitan city	Genoa (GE)
Frazioni	Cornia, Dragonaria, Ferrada (communal seat), Gattorna, Moconesi Alto, Pezzonasca, Santa Brilla, Terrarossa Colombo
Government
• Mayor	Giovanni Dondero
Area [1]
• Total	16.27 km2 (6.28 sq mi)
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Population  (31 May 2022)[2]
• Total	2,426
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Demonym	Moconesini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	16047
Dialing code	0185
Website	Official website

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).^[4] 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.