Ponte Leccia (; or Ponte-Leccia) is a French village, part of the municipality (''commune'') of
Morosaglia
Morosaglia (; ; co, Merusaglia, link=no, ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France. Since 2015, it is the seat of the canton of Golo-Morosaglia.
History
Morosaglia is the native commune of Pasquale Paol ...
, in the department of
Haute-Corse,
Corsica
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. Its name in
Corsican language
Corsican (''corsu'' , ; full name: ''lingua corsa'' , ) is a Romance language constituted by the continuum of the Italo-Romance dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica (France) and on the northern end of the island of Sardinia (Ita ...
is U Ponte à a Leccia.
Geography
Situated at the confluence between
Asco and
Golo rivers, it lies few km in the east of Morosaglia and is far from
Corte, 46 from
Bastia, 60 from
Calvi and 100 from
Ajaccio
Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...
.
Transport
Ponte Leccia has a railway station on the
CFC
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* Subpolar oceanic climate (''Cfc'' in the Köppen climate classific ...
line Ajaccio-Bastia, on the junction point with the line to Calvi. It is crossed by the
national roads
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Common uses
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N193 and
N197.
It has been used as a special stage in the
Tour de Corse.
Gallery
File:Pont de Ponte Leccia.jpg, The "Genoese Bridge"
File:Ponte-Leccia gare aout 1994-a.jpg, Railway station in 1994
See also
*
Corsican people
References
External links
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Villages in Corsica
Tour de Corse