Built before 1617 Designated as world heritage site 27 October 1992 | Reference no. PA00099285 | |
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The Tour de Negru (Corsican: Torra di Negru) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Olmeta-di-Capocorso (Haute-Corse) on the coast of the French island of Corsica. The tower sits on the shore on the west coast of Cap Corse.
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. The tower was built in around 1560. 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.
In 1992 the tower was listed as one of the official historical monuments of France.
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