Christopher Columbus's grandfather, Giovanni, was born here. The name of the village, though, is far older than he was: it means house of Moco, and a Moco Meticanio already appears on the bronze tablet of Polcevera of 117 before Christ, among the representatives of the Genuati in their dispute with the Langatii.
Moconesi is a scattered municipality and the town hall stands at Ferrada, in the upper val Fontanabuona, along the Lavagna. One piece of its territory, however, lies elsewhere: the hamlets of Casun and Cornale form an administrative island in the upper val Trebbia, enclosed between Torriglia, Montebruno and another island, that of Barbagelata. The population is 2,695.
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📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of September
Moconesi celebrates the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the third Sunday of September, in the church opened for worship in 1909 in the hamlet of Ferrada; Giovanni Colombo, Christopher Columbus's grandfather, was born in Moconesi, as also recalled by the hamlet of Terrarossa Colombo.
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Outside Moconesi, but an easy day trip away.
