Torra di Prunete

Tower of Prunete
Native name
Corsican: Torra di Prunete
Coordinates 42°19′16.9″N 9°32′44.6″E / 42.321361°N 9.545722°E / 42.321361; 9.545722Coordinates: 42°19′16.9″N 9°32′44.6″E / 42.321361°N 9.545722°E / 42.321361; 9.545722
Built Second half of 16th century
Architect unknown
Location of Tower of Prunete in Corsica

The Tower of Prunete or Tower of Scalo Vecchio (Corsican: Torra di Prunete) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Cervione on the east coast of the Corsica. The tower has been converted into a house.

The tower was completed in around 1580 and then restored in 1710.[1] It was one of a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates.[2]

In 2003 the tower was added to the "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" (Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel) maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. It is privately owned.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel: ancien poste d'observation dit tour génoise de Prunete, actuellement maison" (in French). Ministère de la culture. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ↑ 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. pp. 73–144. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.
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