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the tower of campomoro             

The tower

What could be more banal in Corsican in a village than a tower génoise! However the tower of Campomoro does not have anything banal. It is not only most massive of Corsican, it is also the only strengthened tower. The star fortification which girdles the tower reinforces the unicity of this tower.

Its history

The construction of the tower of Oporto Ellice, old name of Campomoro, was decided following the bag of Sartène by the barbaresque ones in 1582. It was completed in 1586. It makes party of the system of defense set up by Génois to defend the insular coasts vis-a-vis ceaseless plunderings of "Turkish". N the other hand the inhabitants had to discharge a tax on salt.

To go there

It is preferable to leave the car to the entry of the village, since it is difficult to see impossible or prohibited to park itself further. It will then be necessary to go approximately a kilometer and half to go to the tower, while following the road or by the beach initially then it will be necessary for you to take the way which serves the allotment "fixed nova" to the collar. There, the academy of the littoral to open a punctuated way of small explanatory panels which through the maquis will lead you to the tower all while making you discover his history