Tour_de_Miomo

Torra di Miomu

Torra di Miomu

Genoese coastal defence tower in Corsica

The Tower of Miomu (Corsican: Torra di Miomu) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Santa-Maria-di-Lota (Haute-Corse) on the east coast of the Corsica. The tower sits on the shore about 6 km north of the port of Bastia.

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The tower was built in 1561. It was one of a series of coastal defences built by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates.[1] It guarded the Poggiolo valley on Cap Corse.[2] In 1927 the tower was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France.[3]

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Notes and references

  1. [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. p. 99. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.
  2. [2]
    "San-Martino-di-Lota", Sites à visiter (in French), retrieved 2022-01-13
  3. [3]
    Base Mérimée: Tour de Miomo, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)


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