Tour de la Parata

Tour de la Parata
Coordinates 41°53′43″N 8°36′30″E / 41.89528°N 8.60833°ECoordinates: 41°53′43″N 8°36′30″E / 41.89528°N 8.60833°E
Built 1550-1551
Architect Giacomo Lombardo
Location of Tour de la Parata in Corsica

The 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 Pointe de la Parata, to the north of the Îles Sanguinaires.

The tower was built in 1550-1551 by Giacomo Lombardo. 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] When first built it was called the "Sanguinera di terra" while the Tour de Castelluccio on the Grande Sanguinaire island was called the "Sanguinera di mare".[2] The Tour de la Parata is 12 m in height and contains two vaulted rooms, one above the other. [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. 107. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.
  2. ↑ Graziani, Antoine-Marie (1992). Les Tours Littorales (in French and Italian). Ajaccio, France: Alain Piazzola. p. 135. ISBN 2-907161-06-7.
  3. ↑ Fréminville, Joseph de (1894). "Tours génoises du littoral de la Corse". Bulletin archéologique du Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (in French): 47–57. The article was also published separately: Fréminville, Joseph de (1894). Tours génoises du littoral de la Corse (PDF) (in French). Paris. OCLC 494605587.

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