Tour d'Isolella

Tour d'Isolella
Coordinates	41°50′40″N 8°45′17″E / 41.84444°N 8.75472°ECoordinates: 41°50′40″N 8°45′17″E / 41.84444°N 8.75472°E
Built	1597
Monument historique
Designated	4 August 1992
Reference no.	PA00099144
Location of Tour d'Isolella in Corsica

The Tour d'Isolella (Corsican: Torra di l'Isuledda) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Pietrosella (Corse-du-Sud) on the French island of Corsica. The tower sits at an elevation of 68 m on a promontory, the Punta di Sette Nave, which forms the southern limit of the Golfe d'Ajaccio.

The tower was built in around 1597. 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] The tower was restored in 1970^[2] and listed as one of the official historical monuments of France in 1992. It is owned by the commune of Pietrosella.^[3]

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. La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) (in French). Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne. p. 138. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.
2. "Tour de l'Isolella" (in French). Office de Tourisme d'Ajaccio. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
3. "Monuments historiques: Tour d'Isolella ou des Sette Navi" (in French). Ministère de la culture. Retrieved 4 May 2014..

External links

• "Isolella : Présentation" (in French). I Torregiani. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
• Nivaggioni, Mathieu; Verges, Jean-Marie. "Les Tours Génoises Corses" (in French). Includes information on how to reach 90 towers and many photographs.