The Tower of Ancone or Tower of Palmentoggio ( co, Torra d'Ancone) 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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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of
Calcatoggio
Calcatoggio is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
Population
See also
* Tour d'Ancone
*Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community wh ...
(
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 collec ...
) on the west coast of the
Corsica. The tower sits near the sea on the Punta di Palmentoju to the south of the Golfu di a Liscia.
The construction of the Tour d'Ancone began in 1581. 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 L ...
between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by
Barbary pirates.
In 2007 the tower was added to the
Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel
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maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. It is privately owned.
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
* Information on how to reach 90 towers. Includes 1,261 photographs.
Towers in Corsica
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