A Cupulatta (Turtle in Corsica) is a unique park in Europe of 2,5 ha where you can discover 170 species of terrestrial and aquatic turtles present on all the continents of the globe. The nursery with the baby turtles is particularly touching.
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If the human presence in Corsica is estimated at -10 000 before J-C and that one finds traces of proto-Corsican civilization towards -5 000 before J-C, the Casteddu of Cucuruzzu dates him from the age of old bronze (1 800 before J-C).
It is one of the biggest and imposing fortifications of Corsica, abandoned by its inhabitants in the IIIrd before our era. This fortress village (a casteddu) of about 450m2 even allows to imagine the places where the inhabitants exercised their activities of pottery, weaving, etc…
This magnificent walk through a real fairy tale forest with dreamlike rocks is to be done in family and will allow you to discover not only the site of Cucuruzzu but also the more recent Casteddu of Capula (a medieval site built in the 10th century).
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Do not hesitate to finish this discovery by visiting the museum of Alta Roca in Levie where the pieces discovered on this site are exposed.
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The city of Aleria was founded by the Phoceans in 565 BC under the name of Alalia, then the Etruscans and the Cartagenes followed. In 259 BC, the Romans took the city and changed its name to Aleria.
For almost seven centuries, it was the heart of the Romanization of Corsica, serving as a strategic operational base for access to other important places on the coast and inland, as well as a place of exile for political opponents (Seneca, in order to keep him away from Rome, stayed there under the supervision of the governor of the island).
It was also a commercial port (the sea at that time was much closer than nowadays) for the shipment of ores, oil, cork, wool and wine to Rome.
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It was Prospère Mérimée who located the site in 1840 and today the museum is housed in the Fort of Matra built by the Genoese in the 14th century.
Numerous objects resulting from several excavation campaigns are exposed there allowing the understanding not only of prehistoric and ancient Corsica, but also to know the civilizations of the Mediterranean basin.
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The family hike of the Cascade du pin will allow you to cross a forest of pines l’aricciu located on the high plateau of the Ospedale.
The rocks with the strange forms that you will meet on the course are called Tafoni. It is the erosion due to the rains and the winds which drew the contours of it.
This path will lead you to a waterfall of 60 meters that we discover by its high part. Be careful, the descent to reach its feet is not for everyone.
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The Lavezzi islands are located in the nature reserve of the Bouches de Bonifacio, 10km southeast of the city. Only 3 islands are allowed to land on this archipelago composed of 23 islands in total.
On the island of Lavezzo, from which the archipelago takes its name, there is a lighthouse, an altar and two marine cemeteries where some of the dead from the terrible shipwreck of the Semillante are buried.
In fact, the frigate La Sémillante, which left Toulon on February 14, 1855, was caught in a violent storm near the mouth of Bonifacio.
It broke on a reef and sank during the night of February 15 to 16, causing the loss of all the crew and soldiers that it was carrying to the Crimea. Only 560 bodies out of 773 men were found on the coast and exhumed on the island.
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The cannons of the Semillante are located in the upper town of Bonifacio near the marine cemetery.
Boat trips allow you to discover this island, as well as the cliffs of Bonifacio.
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The Castellu d’Araghju is a prehistoric site built by the Torreans, a civilization present in Corsica in the second half of the 2nd century BC (Bronze Age). The access to this site is by a pedestrian path a little bit steep but very pleasant and the view of the Castellu on the gulf of Porto-Vecchio is magnificent. You can walk inside after having crossed the entrance of the fortress by passing under an impressive lintel.
The submarine Casabianca commanded by Captain Jean L’Herminier escaped the scuttling of the fleet at Toulon on November 27, 1942.
He took an active part in the resistance and in the liberation of Corsica, in particular on March 10, 1943 in the bay of Favone after a failed attempt at Canella.
There he recovered two members of the Pearl Harbour mission (L. Preziosi and T. Griffi) and five S-M sailors who had involuntarily remained in Corsica during previous landings on the west coast of the island.
At the same time, the radio operator Joseph Luiggi and Jean Etienne Lefèvre (alias “Paul”, from the “Combat” Movement) were landed.
My grandmother A Rossa and Babine Castelli, the person in charge of the railway station of Favone, participated in the accommodation of the people taken in charge by the Casabianca and in the surveillance of the operation.
During the whole period of occupation, A Rossa and her husband Don were very active in providing information to the resistance and in providing shelter.
The Casabianca also took part in the landing of the first French soldiers in Ajaccio on September 13, 1943, making this city the first French metropolitan city to be liberated. Disarmed in 1952, the kiosk of the submarine can still be admired in Bastia at the end of the Saint Nicolas square.
A nice walk to do around Bonifacio starting at the Semaphore of Pertusato, breathtaking view on the citadel, limestone cliffs cut by the wind and the sea, beaches and creeks to swim.
Citadelle BonifacioFalaise BonifacioPhare PertusatoFalaise BonifacioPhare de PertusatoIle de Saint AntoineFalaise BonifacioTrou de Saint AntoineSémaphore Pertusato
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