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[photograph of an ornate building with gardens at the foot of a moutain]
[printed on bottom of photograph:] 958 - GENOVA - CIMITERO DI STAGLIENO

[drawing of a city]
Photograph Courtesy Municipality of Genoa
THE HOUSE OF COLUMBUS TO-DAY (LEFT FOREGROUND)
When the tenements that flanked the House of Columbus were torn down the slender building (see opposite page) could not safely be left standing. The three upper stories were removed. The two lower stories, roofed over, remain as an historic shrine (see text, page 337).
[photograph of an inscribed plaque. first line illegible, second line: PATERNIS IN AEDIBVS
CHRISTOPHORVS COLVMB(?)S
PVERITIAM
PRIMAMQVE IV (?) VENTAM TRANSECIT

Photogrph by McFall Kerbey
"NO HOUSE IS MORE WORTHY OF FAME"
The inscription, in Latin, reads: "No house is more worthy of fame, for here lived the parents of Christopher Columbus and here he passed his youthful days."

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