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2. Genoese towers in Corsica - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Maddalena archipelago - Wikipedia

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   The main access into and out of the archipelago is via the frequent car ferries from Palau on Sardinia that run into La Maddalena. There are roads only on Maddalena and Caprera. From 1973 until 2008 the Santo Stefano island was a home for the NATO naval base which housed US nuclear submarines.

4. Aiguilles de Bavella - Wikipedia

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   Zonza and the "Aiguilles de Bavella" "Aiguilles de Bavella" and a statue of "Notre Dame des Neiges". From Mount Incudine to the Bavella Pass, the GR 20 footpath, after reaching the refuge of Asinau at 1536m, passes by the foot of the aiguilles de Bavella in the Rizzanese valley (Asinau), but a so-called "alpine variant" route allows the towers of Bavella to be reached via the Bocca di u ...

5. Strait of Bonifacio - Wikipedia

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   The Strait of Bonifacio (French: Bouches de Bonifacio; Italian: Bocche di Bonifacio; Corsican: Bucchi di Bunifaziu; Gallurese: Bocchi di Bunifaciu; Sardinian: Buccas de Bonifatziu; Ligurian: Bocche de Bunifazziu; Latin: Fretum Gallicum, Fretum Taphros) is the strait between Corsica and Sardinia, named after the Corsican town Bonifacio.

6. Tourism in Sardinia - Wikipedia

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   Barbagia is the region that represents the heart of Sardinia; it surrounds around the Gennargentu [30] massif [31] and Supramonte [32] highland, a chain of granite, shale and limestone mountains that reaches the eastern coast from the inner parts of the island and descends to the sea between Dorgali and Baunei.

7. Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud - Wikipedia

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   Bonifacio is located directly on the Mediterranean Sea, separated from Sardinia by the Strait of Bonifacio.It is a city placed on the best and only major harbour of the southern coast and also is a commune covering a somewhat larger region including the offshore Isles Lavezzi, giving it the distinction of being the southernmost commune in Metropolitan France.