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The '''Tour de Campomoro''' ({{lang-co|Torra di Comporo}}) is a [[Genoese towers in Corsica|Genoese tower]] located in the [[communes of France|commune]] of [[Belvédère-Campomoro]] ([[Corse-du-Sud]]) on the west coast of the French island of [[Corsica]]. The tower sits at an elevation of 78 m on the Punta di Campomoro headland which forms the southern limit of the Golfe de Valinco.


The tower was designed by Carlo Spinosa and built between 1585 and 1586 by the master-mason Giorgio Canton. 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]].<ref>{{cite book | last= Graziani | first= Antoine-Marie | contribution= Les ouvrages de défense en Corse contre les Turcs (1530-1650) | editor1-last= Vergé-Franceschi | editor1-first=Michel | editor2-last= Graziani | editor2-first= Antoine-Marie | year=2000 | title= La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) | publisher= Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne | place=Paris | isbn= 2-84050-167-8 | pages=145-147 |language=French }}</ref> In 1992 the tower was listed as one of the official [[Monument historique|historical monuments]] of France.<ref>{{cite web | title=Monuments historiques: Tour de Campomoro et son enceinte fortifiée | url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PA00099143 | publisher=Ministère de la culture | language=French | accessdate=4 May 2014 }}.</ref>
[[File:DSCF9025.JPG|thumb|Torra di Campomoru]]
The '''Torra di Campomoru''' is a [[Genoese tower]] in [[Corsica]], located in the [[communes of France|commune]] of [[Belvédère-Campomoro]] ([[Corse-du-Sud]]).

It is one of the [[Monument historique|Official Historical Monuments]] of [[France]].<ref>French Ministry of Culture: [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&NUMBER=1&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28Belv%e9d%e8re%2dCampomoro%29%20%3aLOCA%2cPLOC%2cINSEE%20%20ET%20%20%28%28tour%29%20%3aDENO%2cPARN%2cREMA%2cACTU%2cPDEN%2cMHPP%20%29%29&SPEC=9&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=100&MAX3=100&DOM=Tous Tour de Campomoro] {{fr icon}}</ref><ref>http://www.corse.culture.gouv.fr/monuments/actions_crmh/carte_tours.gif</ref>


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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==External links==
{{Commons-inline|Category:Tour de Campomoro|Torra di Campomoru}}
*{{cite web | title=Campomoro : Présentation | url=http://www.torregiani.fr/histoire-corse/histoire-corse.php?lien=/lieu/6148-campomoro.htm | publisher=I Torregiani | language=French | accessdate=18 May 2014 }}
*{{cite web | title=Protection juridique des tours génoises de Corse | year=2000 | publisher=Ministère de la Culture et la Communication: Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles de Corse | url=http://www.corse.culture.gouv.fr/monuments/actions_crmh/carte_tours.gif | accessdate=9 May 2014 }} The map shows the position of 97 Genoese towers in Corsica.
*{{ cite web | title=Les Tours Génoises Corses | url=http://tour-genoise.fr/ | last1=Nivaggioni | first1=Mathieu | last2=Verges | first2=Jean-Marie | language=French }} Includes information on how to reach 90 towers and many photographs.


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Revision as of 10:56, 29 May 2014

Tour de Campomoro
Built1585-1586
ArchitectCarlo Spinosa
Designated4 August 1992
Reference no.PA00099143

The Tour de Campomoro (Template:Lang-co) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Belvédère-Campomoro (Corse-du-Sud) on the west coast of the French island of Corsica. The tower sits at an elevation of 78 m on the Punta di Campomoro headland which forms the southern limit of the Golfe de Valinco.

The tower was designed by Carlo Spinosa and built between 1585 and 1586 by the master-mason Giorgio Canton. 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.[1] In 1992 the tower was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Graziani, Antoine-Marie (2000). "Les ouvrages de défense en Corse contre les Turcs (1530-1650)". In Vergé-Franceschi, Michel; Graziani, Antoine-Marie (eds.). La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) (in French). Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne. pp. 145–147. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.
  2. ^ "Monuments historiques: Tour de Campomoro et son enceinte fortifiée" (in French). Ministère de la culture. Retrieved 4 May 2014..