The Liamone landscape (french: Ensemble Liamone) is an area of Corsica defined under the

European Landscape Convention The European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe, also known as the Florence Convention, is the first international treaty to be exclusively devoted to all aspects of European landscape. It applies to the entire territory of the Parties ...

, which promotes the protection, management and planning of the landscapes and organizes international co-operation on landscape issues.

Extent

The Liamone region on the west of Corsica extends from the Gulf of Sagone, the largest and widest of the Corsican gulfs, to the

Monte Rotondo massif The Monte Rotondo massif (french: Massif du Monte Rotondo) is a chain of mountains on the southern side of Corsica, France. It takes its name from Monte Rotondo, the highest peak. Location The Monte Rotondo massif is one of the four main blocks ...

and

Monte d'Oro Monte d'Oro is a mountain in the department of Haute-Corse on the island of Corsica, France, one of the highest on the island. It is in the south of the Monte Rotondo massif, but is sometimes considered the summit of its own massif, the Monte d'Or ...

. It includes the watersheds of the Sagone,

Liamone Liamone was a department of the French island of Corsica between 1793 and 1811. It was located in the southern and western parts of the island, and its capital was Ajaccio. Liamone was created in 1793 by the division of the former departmen ...

and Liscia rivers. These have created a large alluvial plain along the coast. Edward Lear wrote of it in 1868,

Coastline

The coast along the RD81 road has two concavities. To the north, the Anse de Sagone has two beaches that are sheltered from the westerly winds by the Punta di Trio. It is largely urbanized, with a marina and a seaside resort that has developed since the 1970s on the site of the ancient city of Sagone, which was deserted in the 16th century. In the south, there is residential urbanization around Tiuccia and the coastline at the bottom of the small Golfe de Liscia, the sea outlet of the Cinarca. Between these two bays there is a huge sandy beach open to the sea, between two rocky points. A coastal barrier isolates the Liamone river from the sea, with a space of still waters behind it. The beaches of San Giuseppe and Liamone are much less frequented than those of the neighboring Gulf of Ajaccio, and have remained largely natural.

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