Genoa Expo '92

1992 Genoa
Overview
BIE-class	Specialized exposition
Name	Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea
Area	6 hectares
Visitors	694,800
Mascot	Gatto Cristoforo
Participant(s)
Countries	54
Location
Country	Italy
City	Genoa
Venue	Porto Antico
Timeline
Opening	15 May 1992
Closure	15 August 1992
Specialized expositions
Previous	Expo 91 in Plovdiv
Next	Taejŏn Expo '93 in Daejon
Universal
Previous	Expo '70 in Osaka
Next	Expo 2000 in Hanover
Simultaneous
Universal	Seville Expo '92
Horticultural (AIPH)	Floriade 1992

L'Esposizione Internazionale Specializzata Genova '92 - Colombo '92 (in English International Exhibition Genoa '92 - Colombo '92) or more informally Expo 1992, was held in Genoa, Italy from 15 May to 15 August 1992. The theme was "Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea", and the Expo was timed to celebrate the 500 years since the discovery of America by the Genoese sailor Christopher Columbus. Because of the theme, the expo was also known as Colombiadi. It was a specialized Exhibition with 54 countries represented. Total visitors were 694,800.^[1] The exposition ran at the same time as the larger and longer duration Seville Expo '92, a Universal Exposition, held in the city from whose port (on the Guadalquivir) Columbus had sailed in 1492. The expo's logo was a "500" number with Genoa's flag; the mascot was a cat dressed like Christopher Columbus called "Gatto Cristoforo"