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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.
The Regional Natural Park of Corsica (French: Parc Naturel Régional de Corse, Corsican: Parcù di Corsica) is a natural park. It was listed in 1972 and then relisted for 10 years in June 1999. The Natural Park covers nearly 40% of the island of Corsica. [1]
[1] [2] The gulf is located within the department of Corse-du-Sud. The gulf and surrounding coast is part of the Regional Natural Park of Corsica . In 1983 the gulf was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site , encompassing the Calanques de Piana , Gulf of Girolata , and Scandola Nature Reserve , due to its outstanding scenery, rich avian ...
The lake is situated within the caldera of the Sete Cidades Massif, an ancient volcano built on various layers of ash, pyroclasts and trachyte and basaltic lavas.It is a stratovolcano constructed from alternating phases of explosive and effusive ejecta, from dominantly basaltic pre-caldera eruptions, a trachytic caldera-forming stage and a post-caldera stage consisting of alternating trachytic ...
Cap Corse is the peninsula at the north of the island. Cap Corse (French pronunciation: [kap kɔʁs]; Corsican: Capicorsu, [kapiˈkɔrsu]; Italian: Capo Corso, [ˈkaːpo ˈkɔrso]), a geographical area of Corsica, is a 40 kilometres (25 mi) long peninsula located at the northern tip of the island.
The Rallye Açores is an international rally race held annually since 1965, which was part of the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The Azores Senior Open was a golf tournament held in 2008 as part of the European Seniors Tour.
Corte (/ ˈ k ɔː r t eɪ /, / ˈ k ɔː r t i /; French:; Italian:; [3] Corsican: Corti, ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France. It is the fourth-largest commune in Corsica after Ajaccio , Bastia , and Porto-Vecchio .
Haute-Corse (French: [ot kɔʁs] ⓘ; Corsican: Corsica suprana [ˈkorsiɡa suˈprana], Cismonte [tʃiˈzmɔnte] [a] or Alta Corsica; English: Upper Corsica) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica.