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Torra di Finochjarola

genoese coastal defence tower in Corsica

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ7826859 ↗
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The Tower of Finochjarola (Corsican: Torra di Finochjarola) is a ruined Genoese tower in Corsica, located on the island of Finacchiarola, in the commune of Rogliano (Haute-Corse). The Finacchiarola Islands are designated as a nature reserve.

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.

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“Torra di Finochjarola” enters the record as genoese coastal defence tower in Corsica. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Torra, Finochjarola and genoese can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Torra di Finochjarola” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.