Country France Department Haute-Corse Intercommunality Cap Corse Area 27.53 km² Arrondissement Bastia | Region Corsica Canton Capobianco Population (2008) 694 Local time Wednesday 6:41 AM | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 64% Humidity | ||
Luri is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Map of 20228 Luri, France
History
Luri has been tentatively identified as the Lurinum of Ptolemy both by similarity of name and because of Castellu di Luri, a Roman-style fortification occupied from the third century BC to the 1st century AD. It was in the territory of Ptolemy's tribe, Vanacini, who according to a bronze inscription recording a letter from the emperor Vespasian, had their own senate and magistrates and were therefore probably semi-autonomous. They may have occupied the fort themselves.
References
Luri, Haute-Corse Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA