The Tower of Santa Maria Chjapella ( co, Torra di Santa Maria Chjapella) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of

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( Haute Corse) on the east coast of the

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. Only part of the tower survives. The tower was built between 1548 and 1549 for Giacomo Santo Da Mare. It was one of a series of coastal defences constructed by the

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between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by

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. The tower was partially destroyed in 1794 by British warships under the command of

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during the

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. The tower is unusually tall and contained two internal room, one above the other, similar to the

Torra di a Parata __NOTOC__ The Torra di a Parata ( en, Parata Tower, french: Tour de Parata) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, on the west coast of the island of Corsica, France. The tower sits at an elevation of on a ro ...

near

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. In 1991 it was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France. It is owned and maintained by the Collectivité Territoriale de Corse in an agreement with the French government agency, the

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. The agency plans to purchase of the surrounding coastline and as of 2017 had acquired .

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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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