The Tower of Fautea ( co, Torra di Fautea) 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
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of
Zonza
Zonza () is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
Geography
Zonza is located in the mountain chain of Barocagio-Marghese which extends to the south of the Incudine massif. This mountainous area extends 2 ...
(
Corse-du-Sud
Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...
) on the east coast of the French island of
Corsica. The tower sits at an elevation of on the Punta di Fautea.
The tower 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. It was built before 1601, the date of a document recording a payment made to one of the soldiers responsible for guarding the tower. It was attacked and burnt in 1650 by the
Ottoman Turks. It was restored between 1988 and 1991 and again between 1994 and 1995.
In 1992 it 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 2011 had acquired .
See also
*
List of Genoese towers in Corsica
This is a list of Genoese towers in Corsica, a series of coastal defense towers 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 ear ...
References
External links
* Includes information on how to reach 90 towers and many photographs.
Towers in Corsica
Monuments historiques of Corsica
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