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Scenic Drive Attractions In Cargese

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Cargèse is a village and commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 27 km north of Ajaccio. In the 2012 census the commune had a population of 1,263. The village was established at the end of the 18th century by the descendants of a group of immigrants from the Mani Peninsula of the Greek Peloponnese who had first settled in Corsica a hundred years earlier. The economy of the village is now based around tourism. Cargèse is noted for having two 19th-century churches that face one another across a small valley overlooking the harbour and the sea. One was built by the descendants of the Greek immigrants ...
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Scenic Drive Attractions In Cargese

  • 1. Tour d'Omigna Cargese
    The Tower of Omigna is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Cargèse on the French island of Corsica. The tower was built between 1605 and 1606 under the direction of Giacomo della Piana. It was one of a series of coastal defences built by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates. In 1991 it was listed as one of the official Historical Monuments of France.Since 1977 the tower has been owned by a French government agency, the Conservatoire du littoral. The agency has announced that it plans to purchase 212 hectares of the headland and as of 2011 had acquired 121 hectares . The tower was restored in 2009 and visitors can climb up onto the roof terrace.An area of 255 hectares that includes the headland and portions of the adjacent coastlin...
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