€40-€150Ligurian maritime ex-voto in Genoa
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Ligurian maritime ex-votos are small painted narratives that transform the dangers of the sea into shared memory. On wooden or metal tablets, scenes of storms, avoided shipwrecks, and returns to port recount with direct strokes the real lives of Genoese sailors. Born as gestures of gratitude after escaping danger, they preserve a concrete faith rooted in the everyday experience of the sea. Taking one home means preserving an authentic fragment of Genoa’s maritime history and its most sincere devotion.
- Fatto a mano
- Tradizione marinara
- Memoria del mare
- Pezzo da collezione
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What Ligurian maritime ex-voto is
It is a devotional object made on a wooden tablet or metal support, often hand-painted. It depicts scenes of the sea: boats, storms, shipwrecks avoided, returns to port. The style is direct, narrative, without idealization. It is created to be hung, not to be observed closely for long.
The roots
Origin and history
The tradition of maritime ex-votos in Liguria is documented as early as the Middle Ages. Sailors offer them as thanks for escaping danger or for a safe return. The images are not allegorical: they recount the event exactly as it was experienced. In Genoa, a great port city, the ex-voto becomes a form of collective emotional chronicle.
The message it carries concerns the value of collective testimony. Giving this object means recognizing the importance of making shared experiences visible. It is a gesture that affirms trust in images as tools of memory. It suggests that community is built through shared stories.
The context
Cultural significance
The maritime ex-voto tells the story of a Genoa that is exposed, vulnerable, and concrete. It is the symbol of a faith born from everyday danger, not from distance. It speaks of sailors, families, departures without guarantees. In this object lives the Genoese idea that devotion is not rhetoric, but a direct response to the experience of the sea.
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Artisan workshops specializing in folk painting Contexts connected to maritime devotion Cultural settings linked to Ligurian port traditions
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