List of Genoese towers in Corsica
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
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| Name | Commune | Constructed | Historical Monument | Integrity | Notes |
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| Tour d'Agnello | Rogliano | end of 16th century | No | Whole | |
| Tour d'Albo | Ogliastro | 1562[1] | Yes[1] | Whole | |
| Tour d'Alistro | Canale-di-Verde | No | Ruined | ||
| Tour d'Ancone | Calcatoggio | 1581[2] | No[3] | Ruined | Private property, included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[3] |
| Tour d'Aspretto | Ajaccio | 1582[4] | No | No longer extant | Built for Agostino Bonaparte[5] |
| Tour de Bravone | Linguizzetta | No | Traces | ||
| Tour de la Calanca | Olmeto | No | Whole | ||
| Tour de Caldanu | Lumio | No | Partial | ||
| Tour de Caldarello | Pianottoli-Caldarello | end of 16th century | Yes[6] | Whole | Property of the commune[6] |
| Tour de Campomoro | Belvédère-Campomoro | 1585[7] | Yes[8] | Whole | Property of Conservatoire du littoral[9] |
| Tour de Canton Grosso | No | No longer extant[10] | |||
| Tour de Capannella | Serra-di-Ferro | No | Whole | Public property, included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[11] | |
| Tour de Capigliolo | Casaglione | 1582[4] | No[12] | Partial | Private property, included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[12] |
| Tour de Capitello | Grosseto-Prugna | 1552[13] | Yes[14] | Whole | Property of the commune[14] |
| Tour de Capo di Feno | Ajaccio | No | Partial | ||
| Tour de Capriona | Serra-di-Ferro | No | Partial | ||
| Tour de Capu di Muru | Coti-Chiavari | 1600[2] | Yes[15] | Whole | Owned 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 | No | Whole | |||
| Tour de Cargèse | Cargèse | 1605[19] | No | Base only | Property of Conservatoire du littoral[20] |
| Tour de la Castagna | Coti-Chiavari | 1600[2] | No | Whole | |
| Tour de Castellare | Pietracorbara | No | Partial | ||
| Tour de Castelluccio | Ajaccio | before 1597[21] | No | Whole | |
| Tour de Centuri | Centuri | No | Base only | ||
| Tour de Diana | Aléria | 1582[22] | No | Ruined | |
| Tour d'Elbo | Osani | No | Ruined | ||
| Tour d'Erbalunga | Brando | c. 1600[23] | Yes[24] | Ruined | Rebuilt over a tower destroyed in 1553 |
| Tour de Farinole | Farinole | 1562[25] | Yes[25] | Whole | |
| Tour de Fautea | Zonza | before 1601 | Yes[26] | Whole | Owned and maintained by the Collectivité Territoriale de Corse in agreement with the Conservatoire du littoral[27] |
| Tour de Finocchiarola | Rogliano | No | Whole | ||
| Tour de Fiorentina | San-Giuliano | 1575[28] | No | Base only | Public property, included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[28] |
| Torra di Fornali | Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse | No | Whole | ||
| Tour de Furiani | Furiani | 16th century | Yes[29] | Whole | Square tower within village away from coast |
| Tour de Galéria | Galéria | 1551-1573[30] | Yes[30] | Ruined | |
| Tour de Gargali | Osani | No | Ruined | ||
| Tour de Giottani | Barrettali | No | Ruined | ||
| Tour de Giraglia | Ersa | 1584[31] | Yes[32] | Whole | Unusual 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. 1532 | No | No longer extant | |
| Tour d'Isolella | Pietrosella | 1608[34] | Yes[34] | Whole | Property of the commune[34] |
| Tour de L'Île-Rousse | L'Île-Rousse | No | Ruined | ||
| Tour de Lozari | Belgodère | No | Base only | Only the base survives | |
| Tour de Meria | Meria | No | Whole | ||
| Tour de Micalona | Olmeto | No | Whole | ||
| Tour de Miomo | Santa-Maria-di-Lota | 1561[35] | Yes[36] | Whole | |
| Tour de Mortella | Saint-Florent | 1563[37] | Yes[38] | Partial | Property of Conservatoire du littoral[38] |
| Tour de Negru | Olmeta-di-Capocorso | 1560[39] | Yes[39] | Whole | |
| Tour de Nonza | Nonza | before 1617 | Yes[40] | Whole | |
| Tour d'Olmeto | Monacia-d'Aullène | No | Ruined | ||
| Tour d'Omigna | Cargèse | 1505 | Yes[41] | Whole | Property of Conservatoire du littoral[42] |
| Tour d'Orchinu | Cargèse | 1605[4] | No | Ruined | Property of Conservatoire du littoral[43] |
| Tour de l'Osse | Cagnano | 1599[31] | Yes[44] | Whole | |
| Tour de Padulella | San-Nicolao | 1565[45] | No | No longer extant | Included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[45] |
| Tour de la Parata | Ajaccio | 1550[46] | No | Whole | |
| Tour de Pelusella | Appietto | No | Partial | ||
| Tour de Pianosa | Occhiatana | around 1578[47] | No | Base only | Unusual square-shaped base. Included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[47] |
| Tour de Pietranera | San-Martino-di-Lota | No | No longer extant | ||
| Tour de Pinarellu | Zonza | c. 1595[48] | Yes[49] | Whole | Property of Conservatoire du littoral[50] |
| Tour de Poggio | Ersa | 1550-1600[51] | No | Whole | Private property within hamlet not on coast. Included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[51] |
| Tour de Porto | Ota | 1551[52] | Yes[53] | Whole | Unusual square shape |
| Tour de Prunete | Cervione | No | Whole | Privately owned and converted into a house. Included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[54] | |
| Tour de Punta d'Arcu | Borgo | No | Partial | ||
| Tour de Roccapina | Sartène | 1609[7] | Yes[55] | Ruined | |
| Tour de Rogliano | Rogliano | 15th century[56] | Yes[56] | Whole | In village away from coast. Privately owned. |
| Tour de Sacro | Brando | No | Ruined | Only part of the base survives | |
| Tour de Sagone | Vico | 1581[57] | Yes[58] | Ruined | Privately owned[58] |
| Tour de Saleccia | Monticello | No | Ruined | Only part of the base survives | |
| Tour de San Benedettu | Lecci | No | Traces | ||
| Tour de San Ciprianu | Lecci | 1589 [59] | Yes[60] | Partial | Unusual square shape. Privately owned[60] |
| Tour de San Pellegrino | Penta-di-Casinca | No | No longer extant | Included in the French "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage"[61] | |
| Tour de Sant'Amanza | Bonifacio | No | Base only | ||
| Tour de Santa Maria della Chiappella | Rogliano | 1548[62] | Yes[63] | Partial | Owned and maintained by the Collectivité Territoriale de Corse in agreement with the Conservatoire du littoral.[64] |
| Tour de Scalo | Pino | No | Ruined | ||
| Tour du Sel | Calvi | 1483[65] | Yes[65] | Whole | Part of the ramparts of a citadel |
| Tour de Sénèque | Luri | Yes[66] | Ruined | Property of the commune[66] | |
| Tour de Senetosa | Sartène | 1610 [67] | Yes[68] | Whole | Property of Conservatoire du littoral[69] |
| Tour de Solenzara | Sari-Solenzara | No | No longer extant | ||
| Tour de Spano | Lumio | No | Base only | ||
| Tour de Sponsaglia | Bonifacio | No | Base only | ||
| Tour de Tizzano | Sartène | Yes[70] | Ruined | Privately owned[70] | |
| Tour de Toga | Ville-di-Pietrabugno | No | No longer extant | Ruins demolished in the 20th century. | |
| Tour de Tollare | Ersa | No | Whole | ||
| Tour de Turghiu | Piana | 1608 [71] | No | Ruined | |
| Torra di Vallitone | No | ||||
| Tour de Vignale | Ghisonaccia | No | No longer extant |
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour d'Albo, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Graziani 2000, pp. 141–142.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Poste d'observation dit tour génoise de Palmentoggio ou tour d'Ancone, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Graziani 2000, p. 137.
- ^ Graziani, Antoine-Marie (1992). Les Tours Littorales (in French and Italian). Ajaccio, France: Alain Piazzola. pp. 39, 135. ISBN 2-907161-06-7.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour de Figari ou de Caldarello, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Graziani 2000, pp. 145–147.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Campomoro et son enceinte fortifiée, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 85.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Poste d'observation, tour génoise de Capannella, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour de Capigliolo, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 136.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour de Capitello, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Capo-di-Muro ou Capu-di-Muru, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 141.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Capo-Nero ou de Capu-Neru, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, pp. 143–144.
- ^ "Puntiglione". Conservatoire du littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 140.
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 127.
- ^ Graziani 2000, pp. 98, 111.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour d'Erbalunga, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour de Farinole, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Faotea ou Fautea, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Poste d'observation, tour génoise de Fiorentina, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Furiani, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour de Galeria ou de Calcinaggia ou Calcinaghja, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Graziani 2000, p. 152.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour de la Giraglia, sur l'île de la Giraglia, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Fortin de Girolata, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Base Mérimée: Tour d'Isolella ou des Sette Navi, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 99.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Miomo, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, pp. 115–117.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour de Negro, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Nonza ou de Torra, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour d'Omigna, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Orchinu". Conservatoire du littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Losso, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Torra di Padulella, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 107.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Poste d'observation dit tour génoise de Cala Rossa, de Pianosa ou de Tremonti, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, pp. 102, 151.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Pinarello ou d'Isoli di Corsi, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Poste d'observation dit tour génoise, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 110.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour génoise de Porto, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Ancien poste d'observation dit tour génoise de Prunete, actuellement maison, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Roccapina, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour génoise, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, pp. 135–136.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour génoise de Sagone, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 151.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour San Cipriano, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Poste d'observation, tour génoise de San Pellegrino, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 98.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Santa-Maria-della-Chiappella, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Remparts de la citadelle et Tour du Sel, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Tour de Sénèque, dite ancien donjon, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 149.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Tour de Senetosa, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Mérimée: Fortin de Tizzano, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Graziani 2000, p. 144.
Sources
[edit]- Graziani, Antoine-Marie (2000). "Les ouvrages de défense en Corse contre les Turcs (1530-1650)". In Vergé-Franceschi, Michel; Graziani, Antoine-Marie (eds.). La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) (in French). Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.
- Chabot, Laurent (2010). Tours & Citadelles de Corse (in French). Edisud. ISBN 978-2-7449-0864-4.