Torra di Negru

Tower of Negru
Tower of Negru
	Native name ; Corsican: Torra di Negru
Coordinates	42°45′40″N 9°20′25″E
Built	before 1617
Monument historique
Designated	27 October 1992
Reference no.	PA00099285
	Location of Tower of Negru in Corsica

The Tower of Negru (Corsican: Torra di Negru) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Olmeta-di-Capocorso (Haute-Corse) on the coast of the Corsica. The tower sits on the shore on the west coast of Capicorsu.

The tower was one of a series of coastal defences built by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates.[1] The tower was built in around 1560.[2] It is included in a list compiled by the Genoese authorities in 1617 where it is recorded as being guarded by two men but only at night.[3]

In 1992 the tower was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France.[2]

Notes and references

Graziani, Antoine-Marie (2000). "Les ouvrages de défense en Corse contre les Turcs (1530-1650)". In Vergé-Franceschi, Michel; Graziani, Antoine-Marie (eds.). La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) (in French). Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne. pp. 73–144. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.
"Monuments historiques: Tour de Negro" (in French). Ministère de la culture. Retrieved 4 May 2014..
Graziani, Antoine-Marie (1992). Les Tours Littorales (in French and Italian). Ajaccio, France: Alain Piazzola. p. 136, no. 66. ISBN 2-907161-06-7.

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External links

"Negru : Présentation" (in French). I Torregiani. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
Nivaggioni, Mathieu; Verges, Jean-Marie. "Les Tours Génoises Corses" (in French). Includes information on how to reach 90 towers and many photographs.

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[1] Graziani, Antoine-Marie (2000). "Les ouvrages de défense en Corse contre les Turcs (1530-1650)". In Vergé-Franceschi, Michel; Graziani, Antoine-Marie (eds.). La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) (in French). Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne. pp. 73–144. ISBN 2-84050-167-8.

[mh-2] "Monuments historiques: Tour de Negro" (in French). Ministère de la culture. Retrieved 4 May 2014..

[3] Graziani, Antoine-Marie (1992). Les Tours Littorales (in French and Italian). Ajaccio, France: Alain Piazzola. p. 136, no. 66. ISBN 2-907161-06-7.