The Tower of Calvi ( co, Torra di Calvi) 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 ...
in the
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of
Calvi (
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged w ...
) on the
Corsica.
The tower 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 La ...
between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by
Barbary pirates.
In 1990 the tower together with the ramparts of the citadel were listed as one of the official
historical monuments of France.
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 ...
Notes and references
Towers in Corsica
Monuments historiques of Corsica
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