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CONQUES – Magesté de Saint-FoySaint Faith or 'Saint Faith of Conques' (Latin Sancta Fides, French Sainte-Foy, Spanish Santa Fe) is a saint who is said to have been a girl or young woman of Agen in Aquitaine. Her legend recounts how she was arrested during persecution of Ch [...]
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CORDES-SUR-CIEL – Cité Medievale CordesCordes-sur-Ciel (Occitan: Còrdas) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The fortified town was built in 1222 by Raimon VII, the Count of Toulouse, who, though not a Cathar, tolerated what other Catholics considered a heresy. [...]
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CORSICA – AJACCIO – Les îles sanguinairesLes îles sanguinaires' means The Bloody Islands' as in the old days a lot of ships sank and their crews where crushed on the rocky landscape of those sharp islands. Another version of this name: it's because their shores turn a deep red during [...]
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CORSICA – AJACCIO – Ville ImpérialeAjaccio is a commune on the island of Corsica in France. It is the capital and largest city of the region of Corsica and the prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud.Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 210 nautic [...]
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CORSICA – BASTIA – Vieux Port BastiaBastia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It is also the second-largest city in Corsica after Ajaccio and the capital of the department.Bastia is the [...]
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CORSICA – BonifacioBonifacio (Corsican: Bunifaziu, Ligurian: Bunifazziu) is a commune at the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the Corse-du-Sud department of France. Its inhabitants are called Bonifaciens, feminine Bonifaciennes. The commune in this case [...]
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CORSICA – CALVI – CalviCalvi (French: [kal.vi]) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the seat of the Canton of Calvi, which contains Calvi and one other commune, Lumio. Calvi is also the capital of the Arrondissement o [...]
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CORSICA – CALVI – Semper FidelisGenoese until the eighteenth century, where the Citadel and its motto ' Semper Fidelis Civitas Calvi ' in token of his loyalty to Genoa, the capital of Balagne was the occupation of the greatest conquerors of the twentieth century (England, Ru [...]
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CORSICA – La Citadelle de CorteCorte is a fortified town that lies in the centre of Corsica. Between 1755-69 it became the country's capital when Pasquale Paoli led Corsica to its short-lived independence. Today it is home to the island's university which gives it a young, [...]
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CORSICA – Napoleion – Empéreur Et RoiNapoleon Bonaparte was a military general who became the first emperor of France. His drive for military expansion changed the world. Military general and first emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, Cor [...]
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CORSICA – Napoleon EmpereurNapolé on Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. [...]
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CORSICA – Pascale Paoli – U Babbu di a PatriaFilippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli (6 April 1725 – 5 February 1807) was a Corsican patriot and leader, the president of the Executive Council of the General Diet of the People of Corsica. He was the greatest of a long line of Corsican heroes du [...]
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CORSICA – PIAZZALI – Madonna d’Alisgiani – Convent d’AlisgianiFounded in the 13th century by the Franciscan order, the Saint Francis Convent is still the heart of the Alesani Valley, a building rich in history to which the inhabitants of the region are attached. Around 1460, Fra Pietro Da Brieta of Olett [...]
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CORSICA – Porto-VecchioPorto-Vecchio (Corsican: Portivechju) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. The city hosted the start of the first stage of Tour de France 2013. It is the seat of the canton of Porto-Vecchio, which it [...]
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CORSICA – SAINT-FLORES – Cathédrale du NebbioSaint-Florent Cathedral or Nebbio Cathedral (Cathé drale du Nebbio) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral and French national monument located in the town of Saint-Florent in Corsica. It is now the church of Santa Maria Assunta. It was the seat [...]
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CORSICA – AJACCIO – Les Iles Sanguinaires – Grand SiteThe Tour de la Parata (Corsican: Torra di a Parata) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud) on the west coast of the French island of Corsica. The tower sits at an elevation of 55 m on a rocky promontory, the [...]
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CORSICA – BASTIA – Archiconfrerie St. JosephSaint Joseph is the patron saint of Bastia. The townsfolk have a particular devotion to this saint who is honored for his role as protector of the family. A whole neighborhood (located south of the city) proudly carries his name. 'San Ghjisè' [...]
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CORSICA – BASTIA – Santa Croce 1543The brotherhood of the Saint-cross established at the beginning of the 15th century erected a modest oratory in 1542 on a lot belonging to the Roman basilica of Saint-Jean-de-Latran, with which it is spiritually connected. Nested in the twilig [...]
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CORSICA – CALVI – Cité de C. ColombLocated in Upper Corsica in the far northwest of the island in Balagne Region, Calvi is the second most touristic town of Corsica after Porto-Vecchio. Calvi region is skirted from one hand by wonderful beaches and creeks and from another hand [...]
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CORSICA – CALVI – Cité de Napoleon"Destination Napoleon": a new European Cultural Route recognized by the Council of Europe. To live the story ... in the future. In Destination Napoleon, 60 cities in 13 countries, from Portugal to Russia, are placing their Napoleonic historica [...]
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