Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes. From
the Mediterranean to the Black Sea  Date of Submission:
16/09/2010 Criteria: (ii)(iv) Category: Cultural Submitted by:
Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to Unesco State, Province or
Region: Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Coordinates:
N44 50 33 E34 57 24 Ref.: 5575 Word File      This selection of
"Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes. From
the Mediterranean to the Black Sea" includes some of the most
significant examples, chosen from a dense network of maritime
and mercantile settlements distributed around the Mediterranean
and the Black Sea. In their physical form and variety, these
settlements share recognisable urban and architectural features,
and represent a strongly individualised system of ancient
seaborne trading ports, situated in areas where the Genoese
influence is still clearly legible.  Genoa's several hundred
medieval harbours in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the
Atlantic, and northern Europe are evi