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La citadelle de bastia
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The initial fortress, the Bastia, was established in 1380 by the Genovese governor Leonello Lomellini on a rocky headland dominating the bights of Porto-Vecchio, today the bight of Ficajola, and Porto-Cardo, the current Vieux Port. The present buildings, reconstructed from 1448 and finished in the first quarter of the C16th, were used as the main residence for the Governors of Corsica from the end of the C15th until the end of the Genovese domination in the C18th. They also housed the island’s Haute Cour de Justice and the prisons. Following the attachment of Corsica to France in 1768, the place was abandoned and was used as a missionary convent. The buildings then housed the Corsican conseil supérieur and, after the French Revolution, the seat of the Directoire du département: finally, in 1794, they were turned over to the army for use as barracks. Known under the name of caserne Watrin, this institution was active until the last war, during which the north and south wings were mined and partially destroyed. The ramparts around Terra Nova were completed in 1480 and the superb Palais des Gouverneurs, symbol of the power of the Genovese Republic, in 1530. For your information, the site can be visited at any time.
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