The Alistro (french: Rivière d'Alistro, co, Alistru) is a small coastal river in the department of
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged w ...
, Corsica, France.
It enters the
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...
from the east of the island.
Course
The Alistro is long and flows through the communes of
Canale-di-Verde
Canale-di-Verde (French form) or Canale di Verde (, ) is a commune in the French department of Haute-Corse, collectivity and island of Corsica.
Administration
Since 2015, Canale-di-Verde is part of the canton of Castagniccia, together with 36 ...
and
San-Giuliano
San-Giuliano (French form) or San Giuliano di Campoloro (; co, San Ghjulianu, link=no or , ), is a French commune in the Haute-Corse department, island of Corsica.
It is the easternmost town of the island.
Population
See also
*Communes ...
.
It rises in the commune of Canale-di-Verde to the northeast of the Pointe de Campana.
It flows east past the village of Canale-di-Verde, then southeast past the
Peri Reservoir
Peri Reservoir (french: Réservoir de Peri, Retenue de Peri) is a reservoir in the Haute-Corse department of France, on the island of Corsica. It supplies water for drinking and irrigation to the central section of the eastern plain of Corsica. In ...
to enter the sea in the commune of San-Giuliano to the south of the village of Alistro.
The D17 road follows most of its course.
At its mouth the river crosses Alistro Beach, an unspoilt long and sandy beach with scattered lagoons.
Behind it are small dunes with an important
maquis shrubland.
The
Torra d'Alistru
The Tower of Alistru ( co, Torra d'Alistru) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Canale-di-Verde on the east coast of the Corsica.
The tower was built in the second half of the 16th century. It was one of a series of coastal de ...
, a
Genoese tower
The Genoese towers in Corsica (french: tours génoises de Corse, co, torri ghjenuvesi di Corsica, singular : , also ; it, torri genovesi di Corsica) are a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to s ...
built in the second half of the 16th century, guarded the mouth of the Alistro from attacks by
Barbary pirates.
It is now ruined.
Landscape
The Alistro is in the Plaines Orientales landscape.
The coast is undeveloped to the north of the Alistro, while to the south it is more urbanized, with vacation villages and marinas.
Edward Lear wrote of it in his ''Diary of an English Landscaper in Corsica'' (1868), "The beauty, the majesty of the great plains, the sea, and the mountains in the background! Here, my wish is granted. The profile of the mountain walls, difficult to reproduce, is highlighted by the morning light. The undulation of the dense foliage, its mountainous crown edged with snow defies the painter. From the shore, at the foot of these mountains, a uniform green expanse. I had never seen, even in painting, such a landscape"
Pierre Morel in his ''Corsica'' (1951) wrote, "Let us not linger in this long plain, marshy and unhealthy, which occupies the east coast of the island."
Tributaries
The following streams (''ruisseaux'') are tributaries of the Alistro (ordered by length) and sub-tributaries:
* Siala:
** Pietrera:
** Olmitelli:
*** Deceppi:
* Conche:
** Forci:
* Grotta de Strallerone:
* Basse de Vallone:
* Poggialetti:
Notes
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Rivers of Haute-Corse
Rivers of France
Coastal basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Corsica