The Tour de Girolata or Fortin de Girolata ( co, Torra di Girolata) 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 ...

Osani Osani () is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Population Genoese towers * Torra d'Elbu * Torra di Girolata * Torra di l'Isula di Gargali See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department An ...

(

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 west coast of the French island of Corsica. The tower sits at an elevation of on a rocky outcrop in the Golfe de Girolata. The tower was built between 1551 and 1552. The construction was initially supervised by Gieronimo da Levanto but on his death he was replaced by Giovan Battista de'Franchi. 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. In 2008 it was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France. The tower is not open to the public. Since 2009 it has been owned by a 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 land around the Golfe de Girolata and by 2011 had acquired . Tour de Girolata ASG 886

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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