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Torra di Vignale

Coordinates: 42°0′21″N 9°27′25″E / 42.00583°N 9.45694°E / 42.00583; 9.45694
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Tower of Vignale
Native name
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Torra di Vignale is located in Corsica
Torra di Vignale
Location of Tower of Vignale in Corsica
Coordinates42°0′21″N 9°27′25″E / 42.00583°N 9.45694°E / 42.00583; 9.45694
BuiltSecond half of 16th century
Architectunknown

The Tower of Vignale (Template:Lang-co) was a Genoese tower located in the commune of Ghisonaccia on the east coast of the French island of Corsica. No trace of the tower survives.

The tower 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]

Notes and references

  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.