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.

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
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.

Fortin
20147 Osani

The Girolata fort, built between the 16th and 17th centuries in Osani, Corsica, is a bastioned defensive complex protecting a square tower and a chapel, classified as a historical monument since 2013.

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.

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.

Escalier
20169 Bonifacio

The staircase of the King of Aragon, dug in the 15th century in the limestone cliff of Bonifacio in Corsica, is a historic monument offering spectacular access to a source of drinking water via 187 to 189 steps carved in the rock.

Pont
20126 Évisa

The Zaglia Bridge, built in the 18th century in Évisa, Corsica, is an emblematic Genoese bridge listed as a historical monument. It crossed the Tavulella stream in the Spelunca gorges, facilitating the movement of shepherds and inhabitants.