I am Francesca Arcimboldo, the wife of Guglielmo Boccanegra as a member of St.George family. There are four people in my family, husband, daughter, son and I. We are living in the Republic of Genoa around sixteenth century. I love this place so much because as a city-state, we could manage ourselves so orderly and peacefully.
Shipping, financing and trading support three fourth of our economics, also, my husband is the leader the Bank of St.George. Under efforts of Andrea Doria, we regained our independence in 1528. The society structure is strictly stratified. There are basically for classes existed, from lowest to highest, they are workers, shopkeepers and professionals, merchants and nobles. The workers are the people who are employed by others. Once they violate the rules the wages will be withheld by employers. Shopkeepers and professionals are the people who run their own small business or have special skills. The merchants are the people that newly rich. They gained their money most probably from the industry like wool processing, boat making and banking. The nobles owned bunched of land and live away from the city.
Banking is a lucrative and prosperous business in Genoa. My husband’s St.George bank was founded in 1407 and when he begins to take charge it, the bank is in a black area. But applying his management and being sponsored by many people, the bank runs well again. My husband lent considerable sums of money to the rulers of Europe and gained widespread of influence. Christopher Columbus also has account in our bank. Then we began to support the nations’ exploration project, we donated bonds of many and help them to find the routes to the new world.
I am an architecture student who majored in designing houses and churches. The reason I choose architecture but not others is Genoa is a fabulous city for us to learn. At the time of Genoa’s peak, the city attracted so many artists to come, like Van Dyck, Rubens Caravaggio. My teacher is Galeazzo Alessi, the designer of many splendid palazzos. Many years after that, Bartolomeo Baroque finished the design of the University of Genoa.
Shipping, financing and trading support three fourth of our economics, also, my husband is the leader the Bank of St.George. Under efforts of Andrea Doria, we regained our independence in 1528. The society structure is strictly stratified. There are basically for classes existed, from lowest to highest, they are workers, shopkeepers and professionals, merchants and nobles. The workers are the people who are employed by others. Once they violate the rules the wages will be withheld by employers. Shopkeepers and professionals are the people who run their own small business or have special skills. The merchants are the people that newly rich. They gained their money most probably from the industry like wool processing, boat making and banking. The nobles owned bunched of land and live away from the city.
Banking is a lucrative and prosperous business in Genoa. My husband’s St.George bank was founded in 1407 and when he begins to take charge it, the bank is in a black area. But applying his management and being sponsored by many people, the bank runs well again. My husband lent considerable sums of money to the rulers of Europe and gained widespread of influence. Christopher Columbus also has account in our bank. Then we began to support the nations’ exploration project, we donated bonds of many and help them to find the routes to the new world.
I am an architecture student who majored in designing houses and churches. The reason I choose architecture but not others is Genoa is a fabulous city for us to learn. At the time of Genoa’s peak, the city attracted so many artists to come, like Van Dyck, Rubens Caravaggio. My teacher is Galeazzo Alessi, the designer of many splendid palazzos. Many years after that, Bartolomeo Baroque finished the design of the University of Genoa.
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