The Tower of Capu di Muru ( co, torra di Capu di Muru, link=no, ; french: tour de Capu di Muru, link=no) is 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 ...

located in the

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

of Coti-Chiavari, on the west coast of Corsica. The tower sits at an elevation of on the Capu di Muru headland. The tower was built in around 1600. It was one of a series of coastal defences constructed 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 La ...

between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates. In 1994 the tower was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France. The tower is owned and maintained by the Collectivité Territoriale de Corse in an agreement with the French government agency, the

Conservatoire du littoral The ''Conservatoire du littoral'' ("Coastal protection agency") (official name: ''Conservatoire de l'espace littoral et des rivages lacustres'') is a French public organisation created in 1975 to ensure the protection of outstanding natural areas on ...

. The agency plans to purchase of the headland 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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