The Liscia (french: Fleuve a Liscia) is a coastal river in the west of the department of
Corse-du-Sud
Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...
, Corsica, France.
Course
The Liscia is long.
It crosses the communes of
Calcatoggio
Calcatoggio is a Communes of France, commune in the Corse-du-Sud Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica.
Population
See also
*Tour d'Ancone
*Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department
References
Commune ...
,
Cannelle,
Sari-d'Orcino and
Sant'Andréa-d'Orcino.
It rises in the commune of Sari-d'Orcino to the west of the Punta Sant'Eliseu.
The source is at an altitude of .
The river flows west past the villages of Sari-d'Orcino, Cannelle and Sant'Andréa d'Orcino.
It enters the sea at the north end of the Plage de Stagnone to the south of Masorchia.
Valley
The Liscia valley is one of the three watersheds in the
Liamone landscape, an area of Corsica.
The others are the
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 the
Sagone valleys.
These have created a large alluvial plain along the coast.
The Liscia valley covers most of the region called Cinarca.
The 15th century ''Genoese Chronicles'' of
Giovanni della Grossa (1388–1464) relate that the mythical Count Ugo Colonna arrived in the country that would later be called Cinarca.
He saw a beautiful mound covered with wild olive trees, and this place seemed so beautiful to him that he decided to build a castle for his youngest son named Cinarco.
This castle was then named Cinarcaé.
The valley opens onto the Gulf of Liscia.
The coastline of the gulf is bounded by the Punta Capigliolo and Punta di Palmentoju, both with 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 ...
.
It is largely built up along the sea on both sides of the RD81 coastal road.
There are many summer visitors to the small coves to the north of Tiuccia and to the large Plage de Stagnone.
The Liscia basin has gentle slopes, with many smaller valleys dug by streams that converge on the small coastal river.
The micro-region is called one of the gardens of Corsica because of the variety and abundance of terraced crops.
There are meadows and market gardens below the villages, olive groves and orchards around them, and vineyards and pastures above.
The ancient villages of Calcatoggio, Sant'Andrea d'orcino, Cannelle, Sari d'orcino and Casaglione are architecturally coherent and blend into the landscape.
Tributaries
The following streams (''ruisseaux'') are tributaries of the Liscia (ordered by length) and sub-tributaries:
* Pianella:
** l'Ondella:
*** Cagna:
** Villana:
*** Calivella:
** Toia:
** Fiurellu:
** Ruli:
* Mulinellu:
** Aghialza:
** Fiuminale:
* Traja:
* Piandove:
* Carbonaja:
* Pratalina:
Notes
Sources
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Rivers of Corse-du-Sud
Rivers of France
Coastal basins of the Mediterranean Sea in Corsica