Liguria is made up of the capital Genova, and by the provinces of La Spezia, Savona and Imperia.

During the Palaeolithic Age, the territory was certainly inhabited. During the Neolithic Age, starting from 2000 B.C. , the Liguri civilization inhabited the territory and were for sure the first population to actually live on the Italian peninsula. Testimony of their presence are all the numerous findings of ceramic products in the region’s territories

In the 2nd century, the region was conquered by the Romans. And in the Imperial Age, under Augustus, it became the 9th Roman region (together with the region of Piedmont).

In the 6th century the region became a Byzantine province of the Eastern Roman Empire. In the 7th century the region suffered the same consequences as the rest of the northern Italian regions and was, in 643, subjected by the Longobards.
During the period of feudal investitures in the 10th century, Liguria had various internal contrasts between Bishops and Feudatories for the allotment of proprieties.
During the 11th century Genova became one of the great maritime republics and thanks to its political power it obtained control over most of the region.

After the Napoleonic period, the region of Liguria – actually called Dukedom of Genova - became, in 1815, part of the Reign of Sardinia under the Savoia family. In this way, the region became an active part in the “Italian Risorgimento” uniting itself to the new born reign of Italy. In Genova Giuseppe Mazzini was born, one of the most important figures in the ”Italian Risorgimeto”.