Selection of the most beautiful monuments in South Corsica

Tour génoise
20138 Coti-Chiavari

The Genoese tower of Capo-di-Muro, built between 1580 and 1617 in Coti-Chiavari, South Corsica, is an emblematic coastal defence tower of the genoese apparatus of the 16th-17th century, classified as a historical monument.

Tour génoise
20100 Sartène

The Genoese tower of Roccapina, built in the 17th century in Sartène in South Corsica, is a circular coastal tower today in ruins, classified as a historical monument since 1994.

Tour génoise
20160 Vico

The Genoese tower of Sagone, built in the 16th century in Vico, South Corsica, is a coastal watch tower emblematic of the genoese defensive system against barbaric raids, dominating the Gulf of Sagone.

Eglise de style pisan
20170 Carbini

The Church of St John of Carbini, a 12th century Romanesque building located in Alta Rocca (South Corsica), is famous for its connection to the medieval sect of Giovannali and its Pisan architecture classified as a historical monument since 1886.

Tour génoise
20138 Coti-Chiavari

The Capo-Nero tower, built in the 16th-17th centuries in Coti-Chivari, Corsica, is a genoese defensive tower typical of the Mediterranean coast, classified as a historical monument in 1994.

Sites archéologique
20170 San-Gavino-di-Carbini

The Castellu d'Araghju is a prehistoric Torrean site of the Bronze Age, located in San-Gavino-di-Carbini in South Corsica, overlooking the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio. This castel, among the best preserved in Corsica, illustrates the defensive architecture of the time.

Couvent
20140 Petreto-Bicchisano

The convent Saint Francis of Istria, founded in the 17th century in Petreto-Bicchisano in Corsica, is a former Franciscan monastery organized around a closed courtyard, now partially protected.

Tour génoise
20100 Ajaccio

The Genoese tower of the Parata, located in Ajaccio, Corsica, is a watch tower built between the 16th and 18th centuries to protect the coastline of barbaric pirates.