List of Genoese towers in Corsica

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This is a list of Genoese towers in Corsica, a series of coastal defense towers constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to defend against attacks by Barbary pirates.

Map showing location of the towers
NameCommuneConstructedHistorical MonumentIntegrityNotes
Tour d'Agnello Rogliano end of 16th centuryNoWhole
Tour d'Albo Ogliastro 1562 [1] Yes [1] Whole
Tour d'Alistro Canale-di-Verde NoRuined
Tour d'Ancone Calcatoggio 1581 [2] No [3] RuinedPrivate property, included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [3]
Tour d'Aspretto Ajaccio 1582 [4] NoNo longer extantBuilt for Agostino Bonaparte [5]
Tour de Bravone Linguizzetta NoTraces
Tour de la Calanca Olmeto NoWhole
Tour de Caldanu Lumio NoPartial
Tour de Caldarello Pianottoli-Caldarello end of 16th centuryYes [6] WholeProperty of the commune [6]
Tour de Campomoro Belvédère-Campomoro 1585 [7] Yes [8] WholeProperty of Conservatoire du littoral [9]
Tour de Canton Grosso NoNo longer extant [10]
Tour de Capannella Serra-di-Ferro NoWholePublic property, included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [11]
Tour de Capigliolo Casaglione 1582 [4] No [12] PartialPrivate property, included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [12]
Tour de Capitello Grosseto-Prugna 1552 [13] Yes [14] WholeProperty of the commune [14]
Tour de Capo di Feno Ajaccio NoPartial
Tour de Capriona Serra-di-Ferro NoPartial
Tour de Capu di Muru Coti-Chiavari 1600 [2] Yes [15] WholeOwned and maintained by the Collectivité Territoriale de Corse in agreement with the Conservatoire du littoral [16]
Tour de Capu Neru Coti-Chiavari 1597 [17] Yes [18] Whole
Torra di Cargali NoWhole
Tour de Cargèse Cargèse 1605 [19] NoBase onlyProperty of Conservatoire du littoral [20]
Tour de la Castagna Coti-Chiavari 1600 [2] NoWhole
Tour de Castellare Pietracorbara NoPartial
Tour de Castelluccio Ajaccio before 1597 [21] NoWhole
Tour de Centuri Centuri NoBase only
Tour de Diana Aléria 1582 [22] NoRuined
Tour d'Elbo Osani NoRuined
Tour d'Erbalunga Brando c. 1600 [23] Yes [24] RuinedRebuilt over a tower destroyed in 1553
Tour de Farinole Farinole 1562 [25] Yes [25] Whole
Tour de Fautea Zonza before 1601Yes [26] WholeOwned and maintained by the Collectivité Territoriale de Corse in agreement with the Conservatoire du littoral [27]
Tour de Finocchiarola Rogliano NoWhole
Tour de Fiorentina San-Giuliano 1575 [28] NoBase onlyPublic property, included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [28]
Torra di Fornali Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse NoWhole
Tour de Furiani Furiani 16th centuryYes [29] WholeSquare tower within village away from coast
Tour de Galéria Galéria 1551-1573 [30] Yes [30] Ruined
Tour de Gargali Osani NoRuined
Tour de Giottani Barrettali NoRuined
Tour de Giraglia Ersa 1584 [31] Yes [32] WholeUnusual square shape. Property of the French state [32]
Tour de Girolata Osani 1552 [33] Yes [33] Whole
Tour de Grisgione San-Martino-di-Lota c. 1532NoNo longer extant
Tour d'Isolella Pietrosella 1608 [34] Yes [34] WholeProperty of the commune [34]
Tour de L'Île-Rousse L'Île-Rousse NoRuined
Tour de Lozari Belgodère NoBase onlyOnly the base survives
Tour de Meria Meria NoWhole
Tour de Micalona Olmeto NoWhole
Tour de Miomo Santa-Maria-di-Lota 1561 [35] Yes [36] Whole
Tour de Mortella Saint-Florent 1563 [37] Yes [38] PartialProperty of Conservatoire du littoral [38]
Tour de Negru Olmeta-di-Capocorso 1560 [39] Yes [39] Whole
Tour de Nonza Nonza before 1617Yes [40] Whole
Tour d'Olmeto Monacia-d'Aullène NoRuined
Tour d'Omigna Cargèse 1505Yes [41] WholeProperty of Conservatoire du littoral [42]
Tour d'Orchinu Cargèse 1605 [4] NoRuinedProperty of Conservatoire du littoral [43]
Tour de l'Osse Cagnano 1599 [31] Yes [44] Whole
Tour de Padulella San-Nicolao 1565 [45] NoNo longer extantIncluded in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [45]
Tour de la Parata Ajaccio 1550 [46] NoWhole
Tour de Pelusella Appietto NoPartial
Tour de Pianosa Occhiatana around 1578 [47] NoBase onlyUnusual square-shaped base. Included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [47]
Tour de Pietranera San-Martino-di-Lota NoNo longer extant
Tour de Pinarellu Zonza c. 1595 [48] Yes [49] WholeProperty of Conservatoire du littoral [50]
Tour de Poggio Ersa 1550-1600 [51] NoWholePrivate property within hamlet not on coast. Included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [51]
Tour de Porto Ota 1551 [52] Yes [53] WholeUnusual square shape
Tour de Prunete Cervione NoWholePrivately owned and converted into a house. Included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [54]
Tour de Punta d'Arcu Borgo NoPartial
Tour de Roccapina Sartène 1609 [7] Yes [55] Ruined
Tour de Rogliano Rogliano 15th century [56] Yes [56] WholeIn village away from coast. Privately owned.
Tour de Sacro Brando NoRuinedOnly part of the base survives
Tour de Sagone Vico 1581 [57] Yes [58] RuinedPrivately owned [58]
Tour de Saleccia Monticello NoRuinedOnly part of the base survives
Tour de San Benedettu Lecci NoTraces
Tour de San Ciprianu Lecci 1589 [59] Yes [60] PartialUnusual square shape. Privately owned [60]
Tour de San Pellegrino Penta-di-Casinca NoNo longer extantIncluded in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" [61]
Tour de Sant'Amanza Bonifacio NoBase only
Tour de Santa Maria della Chiappella Rogliano 1548 [62] Yes [63] PartialOwned and maintained by the Collectivité Territoriale de Corse in agreement with the Conservatoire du littoral. [64]
Tour de Scalo Pino NoRuined
Tour du Sel Calvi 1483 [65] Yes [65] WholePart of the ramparts of a citadel
Tour de Sénèque Luri Yes [66] RuinedProperty of the commune [66]
Tour de Senetosa Sartène 1610 [67] Yes [68] WholeProperty of Conservatoire du littoral [69]
Tour de Solenzara Sari-Solenzara NoNo longer extant
Tour de Spano Lumio NoBase only
Tour de Sponsaglia Bonifacio NoBase only
Tour de Tizzano Sartène Yes [70] RuinedPrivately owned [70]
Tour de Toga Ville-di-Pietrabugno NoNo longer extantRuins demolished in the 20th century.
Tour de Tollare Ersa NoWhole
Tour de Turghiu Piana 1608 [71] NoRuined
Torra di Vallitone No
Tour de Vignale Ghisonaccia NoNo longer extant

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References

  1. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour d'Albo , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  2. 1 2 3 Graziani 2000, pp. 141–142.
  3. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Poste d'observation dit tour génoise de Palmentoggio ou tour d'Ancone , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  4. 1 2 3 Graziani 2000, p. 137.
  5. ↑ Graziani, Antoine-Marie (1992). Les Tours Littorales (in French and Italian). Ajaccio, France: Alain Piazzola. pp. 39, 135. ISBN   2-907161-06-7.
  6. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour de Figari ou de Caldarello , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  7. 1 2 Graziani 2000, pp. 145–147.
  8. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Campomoro et son enceinte fortifiée , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  9. ↑ "Tour Genoise de Campumoru" (PDF). Catalogue monuments historiques (Report) (in French). Conservatoire du Littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française. July 2011. p. 47. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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  11. ↑ Base Mérimée : Poste d'observation, tour génoise de Capannella , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  12. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour de Capigliolo , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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  14. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour de Capitello , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  15. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Capo-di-Muro ou Capu-di-Muru , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  16. ↑ "Tour Genoise de Capu Di Muru" (PDF). Catalogue monuments historiques (Report) (in French). Conservatoire du Littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française. July 2011. p. 46. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  17. ↑ Graziani 2000, p. 141.
  18. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Capo-Nero ou de Capu-Neru , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  19. ↑ Graziani 2000, pp. 143–144.
  20. ↑ "Puntiglione". Conservatoire du littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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  22. ↑ Graziani 2000, p. 127.
  23. ↑ Graziani 2000, pp. 98, 111.
  24. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour d'Erbalunga , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  25. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour de Farinole , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  26. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Faotea ou Fautea , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  27. ↑ "Tour Genoise de Fautea" (PDF). Catalogue monuments historiques (Report) (in French). Conservatoire du Littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française. July 2011. p. 51. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  28. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Poste d'observation, tour génoise de Fiorentina , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  29. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Furiani , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  30. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour de Galeria ou de Calcinaggia ou Calcinaghja , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  31. 1 2 Graziani 2000, p. 152.
  32. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour de la Giraglia, sur l'île de la Giraglia , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  33. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Fortin de Girolata , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  34. 1 2 3 Base Mérimée : Tour d'Isolella ou des Sette Navi , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  35. ↑ Graziani 2000, p. 99.
  36. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Miomo , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  37. ↑ Graziani 2000, pp. 115–117.
  38. 1 2 "Tour Genoise de la Mortella" (PDF). Catalogue monuments historiques (Report) (in French). Conservatoire du Littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française. July 2011. p. 42. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  39. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour de Negro , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  40. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Nonza ou de Torra , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  41. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour d'Omigna , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  42. ↑ "Tour Genoise d'Omignia" (PDF). Catalogue monuments historiques (Report) (in French). Conservatoire du littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française. July 2011. p. 45. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  43. ↑ "Orchinu". Conservatoire du littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  44. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Losso , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  45. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Torra di Padulella , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  46. ↑ Graziani 2000, p. 107.
  47. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Poste d'observation dit tour génoise de Cala Rossa, de Pianosa ou de Tremonti , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  48. ↑ Graziani 2000, pp. 102, 151.
  49. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Pinarello ou d'Isoli di Corsi , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  50. ↑ "Tour Genoise de Pinarellu" (PDF). Catalogue monuments historiques (Report) (in French). Conservatoire du Littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française. July 2011. p. 50. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  51. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Poste d'observation dit tour génoise , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  52. ↑ Graziani 2000, p. 110.
  53. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour génoise de Porto , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  54. ↑ Base Mérimée : Ancien poste d'observation dit tour génoise de Prunete, actuellement maison , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  55. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Roccapina , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  56. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour génoise , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  57. ↑ Graziani 2000, pp. 135–136.
  58. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour génoise de Sagone , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  59. ↑ Graziani 2000, p. 151.
  60. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour San Cipriano , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  61. ↑ Base Mérimée : Poste d'observation, tour génoise de San Pellegrino , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  62. ↑ Graziani 2000, p. 98.
  63. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Santa-Maria-della-Chiappella , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  64. ↑ "Tour Genoise de Santa Maria della Chiapella" (PDF). Catalogue monuments historiques (Report) (in French). Conservatoire du Littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française. July 2011. p. 40. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  65. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Remparts de la citadelle et Tour du Sel , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  66. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Tour de Sénèque, dite ancien donjon , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  67. ↑ Graziani 2000, p. 149.
  68. ↑ Base Mérimée : Tour de Senetosa , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  69. ↑ "Tour Genoise de Senetosa" (PDF). Catalogue monuments historiques (Report) (in French). Conservatoire du Littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française. July 2011. p. 48. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  70. 1 2 Base Mérimée : Fortin de Tizzano , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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