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A Genoese community has existed in Gibraltar since the 16th century and later became an important part of the population. ==History== There is much evidence of a community of emigrants from Genoa, who moved to Gibraltar in the 16th century〔(Genoese in Cadiz p. 24 (in Italian):''...the Zaccaria, Spinola, Di Negro, Adorno and Boccanegra settled in Cadiz and their descendants moved to other nearby cities (Cordova, Jerez, Siviglia, Gibilterra)...'' )〕 and that were more than a third of the Gibraltar population in the first half of the 18th century. Although labeled as "Genoese", they were not only from the city of Genoa but from all of Liguria, a northern Italian region that was the center of the maritime Republic of Genoa. After the conquest of Gibraltar from Spain in 1704, nearly all the original Spanish population moved away. Among those who stayed there were 30 Genoese families, most of them forming a group resident in Catalan Bay which worked as fishermen. Their main activities in the years following the conquest of Gibraltar and its formal transfer to Great Britain were not only related to fishing, but to craftsmanship and commerce.〔Archer, Edward G.: (''Gibraltar, identity and empire'' ), pag. 37. Routledge Advances in European Politics.〕 According to the 1725 census, on a total civilian population of 1113 there were 414 Genoese, 400 Spaniards, 137 Jews, 113 Britons and 49 others (mainly Portuguese and Dutch).〔(Rosselli: The Genoese community of Gibraltar (in Italian) )〕 In the 1753 census the Genoese were the biggest group (nearly 34%) of civilian residents in the Gibraltar and up until 1830 Italian was spoken together with English and Spanish and used in official announcements.〔Levey, David: (''Language change and variation in Gibraltar'', page 24. John Benjamins Publishing Company. )〕 Many Genoese in the late 18th century arrived to work for the garrison and later went on to form the basis of Gibraltar's civilian police force - the Genoese Guard. After Napoleonic times many Sicilians and some Tuscans migrated to Gibraltar, but the Genoese and Ligurians remained the majority of the Italian group. Indeed, the Genoese dialect was spoken in Catalan Bay well into the 20th century, dying out in the 1970s.〔Fiorenzo Toso. ''Linguistica di aree laterali ed estreme. Contatto, interferenza, colonie linguistiche e "isole" culturali nel Mediterraneo occidentale''〕 Today, the descendants of the Genoese community of Gibraltar consider themselves ''Gibraltarians'' and most of them promote the autonomy of Gibraltar.〔(Excerpt from Corriere della Sera (in Italian) )〕 Their most renowned representatives are: Joe Bossano (chief minister of Gibraltar for eight years), Adolfo Canepa (chief minister in 1987) and Kaiane Aldorino (Miss World 2009〔( Kaiane Aldorino )〕). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Genoese in Gibraltar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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