The Ruisseau de Pietracorbara is a coastal stream 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 wi ...
, Corsica, France.
It rises in the
Monte Stello massif
The Monte Stello massif (french: Massif du Monte Stello) is a chain of mountains in the island of Corsica, France, that forms the spine of the northern peninsula, Cap Corse.
It takes its name from Monte Stello, which was long thought to be the high ...
on
Cap Corse
Cap Corse (; co, Capicorsu, ; it, Capo Corso, ), a geographical area of Corsica, is a long peninsula located at the northern tip of the island. At the base of it is the second largest city in Corsica, Bastia. Cap Corse is also a Communauté ...
and flows into 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 ...
on the east of the island.
Course
The Pietracorbara is long.
It crosses the communes of
Pietracorbara
Pietracorbara (; co, A Petra Curbara) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
It takes its name from the Pietracorbara stream.
Population
See also
* Tour de Castellare
*Communes of the Haute-Corse dep ...
and
Sisco.
The stream rises in the Sisco commune to the northeast of the Rocher de Pruberzulu and east of the Cima di e Follicie.
It flows north into the Pietracorbara commune, then east past the village of Pietracorbara to enter the sea at the Marine de Pietracorbara.
The D232 road follows the river from Pietracorbara to the sea.
Bridges
There are three stone bridges over the stream that are said to have been built in the Genoese period (1289–1730).
The Quercetu bridge is in the plain and is the sturdiest of the three.
The Ponticellu, or "little bridge", is at the height of the hamlet of the same name.
The arched bridge adjoins an arched fountain, and is architecturally the most interesting of the three.
The Guadubughju ("dark stream") bridge is at the top of the valley near the hamlet of Selmacce, and spans the stream near the only deep swimming pool on its course.
Tributaries
The following streams (''ruisseaux'') are tributaries of the Pietracorbara (ordered by length) and sub-tributaries:
* Fiore
** Faulu
* Quarcetu
* Stagnone
* Olmo
** Muligna
* Piscine
* Acolaja
Notes
Sources
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Rivers of Haute-Corse
Rivers of France
Coastal basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Corsica