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Built Second half 16th century Similar Tour de la Parata, Piscia di Gallo, Ajaccio Cathedral, Taravo, San Michele de Murato | ||
The Tour de la Calanca (Corsican: Turra di a Calanca) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Olmeto on the west coast of Corsica.
Map of Tour de la Calanca, 20113 Olmeto, France
The tower was built in the second half of the 16th century. It 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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