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The Tower of Saleccia (Corsican: Torra di Saleccia) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Monticello on the west coast of the Corsica. Only part of the base survives. The tower was one of a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates. [1]
The history of Corsica in ancient times was characterised by contests for control of the island among various foreign powers. The successors of the Neolithic cultures of the island were able to maintain their distinctive traditions even into Roman times, despite the successive interventions of Etruscans , Carthaginians or Phoenicians , and Greeks .
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The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled AD 117–138), showing the senatorial province of Sardinia and Corsica , two islands in the central Mediterranean Sea The Nuragic civilization flourished in Sardinia from 1800 to 500 BC.
Genoese tower of Capu di Muru. The Genoese towers in Corsica (French: tours génoises de Corse, Corsican: torri ghjenuvesi di Corsica, singular : torre ghjenuvese di Corsica, also torra-; Italian: torri genovesi di Corsica) are a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates.
The site was discovered in 1946 by the owner of the land, Charles-Antoine Cesari, and brought to the attention of archeologists by the British writer, Dorothy Carrington (see her masterpiece, Granite Island: Portrait of Corsica, [2]). Systematic excavations started in 1954 by Roger Grosjean. Finds of arrow heads and pottery date earliest ...
Monument Commune Address Coordinates Notice Protection Date Image Castle of Punta: Alata: PA00099072 [1]: Inscrit Classé 1970 1977 Funeral Chapel Pozzo di Borgo
E. Église Saint-André de Loreto-di-Casinca; Église Saint-Blaise de Calenzana; Église Saint-Césaire de Rapale; Église Saint-Dominique de Bonifacio