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It is placed in the west of the island behind Padule. At the beginning of the 19th century, on that area (a vineyard for a small part) there was the country house belonging to baron Des Geneys. When he died, his house was sold to Sir Hyde Parker, an adventurous and vagrant Englishman, and after …
The Municipal Palace was built in the early 20th century on the sandy shore that housed the Olmi port. On the portal’s columns and on their bases, one can see the traces of the Allied bombardments in 1943, which destroyed a great part of the military arsenal, sank the Trieste cruiser and damaged the Gorizia. …
The complex known as Artillery was built in 1809 as a Gunners District, during the defence against the French under Baron Des Geneys’ command. At the end of the 19th century the building housed the Artillery Command and was expanded with a military dovecote; an artillery workshop and some quarters were also built on both …
It is an inlet sheltered from all winds (except from the north wind), around which the town has arisen. On the west coast, there are some original military settlements: behind the current barracks of the fiscal police (of the early 19th century) was the penal colony (later converted into accommodation); on the south was …
It was built in 1907 by sculptor Alfredo Vizzotto in XXIII February 1793 Square, on the occasion of Giuseppe Garibaldi’s birth centenary. The granite comes from Cala Francese. In 1934, a great ceremony greeted the monument to Anita, Giuseppe Garibaldi’s wife: the bronze bust, donated by the family of their son Ricciotti, was placed on …
On a rocky spur on the west coast we can find the small sanctuary of La Madonnetta, built by the old fisherman Michele Scotto in order to fulfil a vow to the Virgin who saved him from a storm. It is celebrated on May 1.
Consecrated in 1933 to the Holy Infant of Prague, it is placed in the centre of the district Due Strade (Two Streets) in an elevated position: in the apse there are some paintings by Giuseppe Armocida.
About ten years after the occupation by Sardinian-Piedmontese army, which sanctioned the archipelago’s transition to the Kingdom of Sardinia (1767), almost the entire population had moved to the coast, in particular around Cala Gavetta that became the core of the economy connected to the sea. The Trinita Church was too far away, so a new …
It is a flat promontory in the middle of the island. Here, in the first decades of the 18th century, the first Corsican shepherds coming from Alta Rocca settled down, creating the first colony. The choice was not accidental: the area in fact was far from the sea and, therefore, from sudden and fearsome aggressions …
