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The Torra di a Parata ( en, Parata Tower, french: Tour de Parata) is a ruined
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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of
Ajaccio,
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 island of
Corsica, France. The tower sits at an elevation of on a rocky promontory, the Pointe de la Parata, to the north-east of the Îles Sanguinaires
archipelago
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.
The tower was built in 1550–1551 by Giacomo Lombardo. 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. The tower is in height and has a diameter of at the level of the roof platform. It contains two vaulted rooms, one above the other.
In Genoese documents the tower is called the ''Sanguinera di Terra''. A similar tower which once sat on the highest point of the Grande Sanguinaire island was called the ''Sanguinera di Fuori'' or the ''Sanguinera di Mare''. The Grande Sanguinaire tower was demolished in the 19th century when the existing lighthouse was constructed. A second small tower at the south-west end of the Grande Sanguinaire island has survived. In a Genoese document it is referred to as the ''torretta piccola'' (little tower). It is now called the
Torra di Castelluchju.
Gallery
File:Tour de la Parata section.jpg, Section through the tower
File:Tour de la Parata plan.jpg, Plan of the lower floor
File:Corsica Ajaccio Îles Sanguinaires Tour genoise.jpg, Tower and the Îles Sanguinaires
See also
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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
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External links
* Includes information on how to reach 90 towers and many photographs.
Towers in Corsica
Torre di a Parata
Buildings and structures in Corse-du-Sud
Tourist attractions in Corse-du-Sud
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