Tower of Campumoru | |
Native Name: | Torra di Campumoru |
Native Language: | Corsican |
Designation1: | Monument historique |
Designation1 Date: | 4 August 1992 |
Built: | 1585-1586 |
Architect: | Carlo Spinosa |
Coordinates: | 41.6389°N 8.8072°W |
Map Relief: | yes |
The Tower of Campumoru (Corsican: Torra di Campumoru) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Belvédère-Campomoro (Corse-du-Sud) on the west coast of the French island of Corsica. The tower sits at an elevation of 78m (256feet) on the Punta di Campomoro headland which forms the southern limit of the Golfe de Valinco.
The tower was designed by Carlo Spinosa and built between 1585 and 1586 by the master-mason Giorgio Canton. 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] In 1992 the tower was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France.
Since 1986 the tower has been owned and maintained by a French government agency, the Conservatoire du littoral. The agency plans to purchase 132ha of the headland and as of 2011 had acquired 70ha.[2]