Tower of Isuledda | |
Native Name: | Torra di l'Isuledda |
Native Language: | Corsican |
Designation1: | Monument historique |
Designation1 Date: | 4 August 1992 |
Built: | 1597 |
Coordinates: | 41.8444°N 8.7547°W |
Map Relief: | yes |
The Tower of Isuledda (Corsican: Torra di l'Isuledda) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Pietrosella (Corse-du-Sud) on the 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 Gulf of 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]