Editing Columbus Day (section)

=== Italy ===
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[[File:Cristoforo Colombo Italian Royal Navy ship.jpg|thumb|The Italian training ship [[Soviet training ship Dunay|SS ''Cristoforo Colombo'']]]]
Since the 18th century, many Italian communities in the Americas have observed the [[History of the Americas|Discovery of the New World]] as a celebration of their heritage, since Columbus was born in [[Republic of Genoa]], nowadays Italy.<ref name="Charles Speroni 1948 pp. 325">Charles Speroni, "The Development of the Columbus Day Pageant of San Francisco," ''Western Folklore'', Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1948), pp. 325–335. U.S. State Department, Bureau of International Information Programs.</ref> In Italy, Columbus Day has been officially celebrated since 2004.<ref name="governo.it" /> It is officially named ''Giornata nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo'' ("National Christopher Columbus Day").

The [[Christopher Columbus House]] in [[Genoa]], Italy, is an 18th-century reconstruction of the house in which [[Christopher Columbus]] grew up.<ref name="Poleggi Croce 2020 p.">{{cite book|last1=Poleggi|first1=E.|last2=Croce|first2=I.|title=Ritratto di Genova nel '400. Veduta d'invenzione. Ediz. italiana e inglese|publisher=SAGEP|year=2020|isbn=978-88-6373-704-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1GVzQEACAAJ|language=it|access-date=2022-08-26}}</ref> The house is located outside Genoa's 14th-century walls. During the [[Renaissance]], the area became subject to intense building, mainly consisting of public housing.<ref name="Beneš 2018 p.">{{cite book|last=Beneš|first=C.E.|title=A Companion to Medieval Genoa|publisher=Brill|series=Brill's Companions to European History|year=2018|isbn=978-90-04-36061-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHtTDwAAQBAJ|access-date=2022-08-26}}</ref> Columbus was born in 1451, and historical documents indicated that Columbus lived here between approximately 1455 and 1470. At this time, the house had two or maybe three stories, with a shop on the ground floor, and the front door to the left of the shop.<ref name="Beneš 2018 p." />

The "Lega Navale Italiana" has created a ''Regata di Colombo'' ("Columbus [[Regatta]]") as a celebration of the Columbus achievement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leganavale.it/wps/portal/lni/sezioni/savona/home/notizie/regata_di_colombo_2014_aias/!ut/p/a0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOID_N0NPIydDbzcw_zNDRz9XR2dTT18jQK9DfULsh0VAfH-Cug!/|title=Regata della "Giornata Nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo"|work=Lega Navale Italiana|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414223531/http://www.leganavale.it/wps/portal/lni/sezioni/savona/home/notizie/regata_di_colombo_2014_aias/!ut/p/a0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOID_N0NPIydDbzcw_zNDRz9XR2dTT18jQK9DfULsh0VAfH-Cug!/|archive-date=April 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Italians have celebrated Christopher Columbus ({{langx|it|Cristoforo Colombo}} {{IPA|it|kriˈstɔːforo koˈlombo|}}) naming after him many civilian and military ships, like the training ship [[Soviet training ship Dunay|SS ''Cristoforo Colombo'']] and the ocean liner [[SS Cristoforo Colombo|SS ''Cristoforo Colombo'']].