CNN Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy June 4, 2024 04:27:00
The wealth of the upper classes. >> so this is the banking center, but also like shopping and all that sort of stuff? >> yeah, you have some of the first banks that were founded in europe in genoa because all of these merchants and wealthy ship captains needed somewhere to put their money. so genoa has a nickname, which is la superba. >> superba means grandiose, splendid, beautiful ornate, but it also means a little bit haughty, a little bit snobbish. >> the place to eat like a merchant prince is the cook, a popular new restaurant of chef ivano rickey buono in a startling 14th century setting....