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The third largest town in Corsica and an important economic and tourist centre, Porto-Vecchio is situated in an exceptional environment offering a wide range of leisure activities whilst remaining pro-active in terms of culture.
Salt has always played an important role in the town’s economy, and, for many of the locals, became known as the ‘City of Salt’. However, today the salt marshes are no longer worked.
A piece of history : In 1539, the senators of Genoa put forward a proposal to the office of San Giorgio – a rich Genoese bank, to construct a fortress on a vast rock of red porphyry, which would allow the plain to be exploited and used for the exporting of goods to their own city. And so the Citadel of Porto-Vecchio was born. In spite of having a large bay and fertile hinterland, it became a hotbed for malaria and a hideout for Barbary pirates. Between 1540 and 1589 the citadel was destroyed and rebuilt three times. In the end, Genoese Republic gave the Island to France in 1768. One year later, the armies of King Louis XV took possession of the ‘Bastion of France’, renamed it and built a 3-hectare fortification. Things to see and do :
- The historical visit of the citadel situated up town...
- Near by the golf of Porto-Vecchio, the magnificent fine-sand beaches such as palombaggia and Santa Giulia...
- In lands, The village of Ospedale offring a magnificent panoramic view of the coast...
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