Torra di Pinareddu explained

Tower of Pinareddu
Native Name:Torra di Pinareddu
Native Language:Corsican
Designation1:Monument historique
Designation1 Date:4 August 1992
Coordinates:41.6706°N 9.3925°W
Map Relief:yes

The Tower of Pinareddu (Corsican: Torra di Pinareddu) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Zonza (Corse-du-Sud) on the east coast of the Corsica. The tower sits at an elevation of 52m (171feet) on the Île de Pinarellu.

The tower was built in around 1595. 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. Genoese documents refer to the Île de Pinarellu as the Isola dei Corsi or the Island of the Corsaires.[1] [2] The design of the Tower of Pinareddu is unusual in that the plan is square rather than round. The tower is 13m (43feet) in height and each side at the base is 9.5m (31.2feet) reducing to 8m (26feet) at the string course. The tower was attacked by the Ottoman Turks and burned in 1650.[3] [4]

Since 1981 the Tower of Pinareddu has been owned and maintained by the French government agency, the Conservatoire du littoral. Restoration work was carried out in 1994. The agency has acquired the 19ha of the island.[5] [6] In 1992 the tower was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France.

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  1. Book: Graziani, Antoine-Marie . Les ouvrages de défense en Corse contre les Turcs (1530–1650) . Vergé-Franceschi . Michel . Graziani . Antoine-Marie . 2000 . La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) . Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne . Paris . 2-84050-167-8 . 102, 151 . fr .
  2. Book: Graziani, Antoine-Marie . 1992 . Les Tours Littorales . Alain Piazzola . Ajaccio, France . 2-907161-06-7 . fr, it . 23, 160 .
  3. Book: Colombani . Philippe . Harnéquaux . Mathieu . Istria . Daniel . 2008 . L’Alta Rocca . Centre Régional de Documentation Pédagogique de Corse . 978-2-86-620-212-5 . fr . Les tours génoises . 14–15.
  4. Book: 2010 . Document d’objectifs NATURA 2000, Iles Pinarellu et Roscana, Zone spéciale de conservation FR9400585 . Conservatoire de l’Espace Littoral et des Rivages Lacustres . 31 .
  5. Catalogue monuments historiques . Tour Genoise de Pinarellu. 50 . Conservatoire du Littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, République Française . July 2011 . 27 April 2015 . fr .
  6. Web site: Île de Pinarellu . Conservatoire du littoral, Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie . 11 June 2016.

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