Gênes (French: [ʒɛn]) was a department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the city of Genoa...

in September 1958, before an audience of 2,500 people at the Theatre of Rivarolo del Re, won enthusiastic approval from local critics. She soon signed with...

short—in 1805 it was annexed by France, becoming the départements of Apennins, Gênes, and Montenotte. Following the fall of Napoleon, Genoa regained ephemeral...