Torra di Grisgione

Tower of Grisgione
Native name
Corsican: Torra di Grisgione
Location of Tower of Grisgione in Corsica
Coordinates 42°43′59″N 9°27′42″E / 42.73306°N 9.46167°E / 42.73306; 9.46167Coordinates: 42°43′59″N 9°27′42″E / 42.73306°N 9.46167°E / 42.73306; 9.46167
Built Shortly after 1532
Architect unknown

The Tower of Grisgione or Tower of Grigione (Corsican: Torra di Grisgione) was a Genoese tower located in the commune of San-Martino-di-Lota on the east coast of Capicorsu on the Corsica. No trace of the tower survives.

The tower was constructed shortly after 1532. It was one of a series of defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates.[1] The tower is included (as Ghissone) in a list compiled by the Genoese authorities in 1617 that records that the tower was guarded by two men from the local area.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Graziani, Antoine-Marie (2000). "Les ouvrages de défense en Corse contre les Turcs (1530-1650)". In Vergé-Franceschi, Michel; Graziani, Antoine-Marie. La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) (in French). Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne. p. 98. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.
  2. ↑ Graziani, Antoine-Marie (1992). Les Tours Littorales (in French and Italian). Ajaccio, France: Alain Piazzola. p. 137, no. 87. ISBN 2-907161-06-7.
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