The Tower of Caldarellu or the Tower of Figari ( co, Torra di Caldarellu) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of

Pianottoli-Caldarello Pianottoli-Caldarello (; ; co, Pianottuli è Caldareddu) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.

( Corse-du-Sud) on the southwest coast of the

Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...

. The tower sits at an elevation of on the north shore of the Baie de Figari. The tower was built sometime between 1586 and 1617. It was one of a series of coastal defences built by the

Republic of Genoa The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the Lat ...

between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by

Barbary pirates The Barbary pirates, or Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli. This area was known i ...

. In 1995 the tower was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France.

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* Includes information on how to reach 90 towers and many photographs. Towers in Corsica Monuments historiques of Corsica {{Corsica-struct-stub

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