Genoese colonies

Genoese colonies Colonie genovesi (it)
Colonies of the Republic of Genoa
1096–1768
Map of the Genoese expansion.
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Genoese Fleet in the First Crusade	1096
• Treaty of Nymphaeum	1261
• Creation of the Gazaria	1266
• Fall of most of the Eastern Mediterranean colonies	Late 15th century
• Fall of Tabarka	1742
• Treaty of Versailles	1768
• Disestablished	1768

The Genoese colonies were a series of economic and trade posts in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Some of them had been established directly under the patronage of the republican authorities to support the economy of the local merchants (especially after privileges obtained during the Crusades), while others originated as feudal possessions of Genoese nobles, or had been founded by powerful private institutions, such as the Bank of Saint George.