Tour de Bravone | |
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Coordinates | 42°11′41.9″N9°33′11.1″E / 42.194972°N 9.553083°E |
Built | Second half 16th century |
The Tour de Bravone or Tour de Bravona (Corsican : Torra di Bravone) was a Genoese tower located in the commune of Linguizzetta on the east coast of Corsica. Only a few traces survive.
The tower was built in the second half of the 16th century. It 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]
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