Voltri

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Voltri (disambiguation) .

Voltri is a residential area in the extreme western periphery of the Italian port city of Genoa . The distance to the city center of the Ligurian capital is around 17 kilometers.

Today's cityscape is determined by oversized buildings that stand in contrast to the traditional Ligurian architecture (small, two-story houses).

From an administrative point of view , Voltri belongs to the Municipio VII Ponente and is in turn subdivided into the districts of Voltri , Crevari and Vesima or the Genoese part of Acquasanta . Taken together, the city quarter has a population of 13,498.

traffic

Voltri is crossed by the state road 1 ( Strada Statale ), the Via Aurelia , from which the provincial road SP456 ( Strada Provinciale ) branches off over the Turchino pass towards Ovada and Piedmont . In ancient times, had in the region Voltris Salzstraße Cannellona originated. It connected Voltri with Masone and the Stura Valley in the 13th century .

The A10 motorway , with the Genoa - Ventimiglia link , runs through the Voltris territory . The A26 branches off at the level of the district and connects Liguria with the Po plain to the north . Both motorways can be reached via the Voltri feeder .

In the area of ​​rail transport, Voltri is connected to the Ventimiglia – Genoa railway line. In addition, the Acquasanta district has a train station on the Acqui Terme-Ovada-Genoa railway line .

The port of Genoa has the modern container terminal Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE) on the territory of Voltri or the neighboring district of Pra ' .

Personalities

• Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841–1901), explorer and naturalist
• Martino Canessa (* 1938), former bishop of Tortona

See also

• List of neighborhoods in Genoa

Web links

Commons : Voltri  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ As of December 31, 2006
2. ↑ Autostrade per l'Italia ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′ 43 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 15.1"  E