Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Tour de Furiani
Furiani, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Tour de Furiani (cad. D 133) : inscription par arrêté du 29 juillet 1987
- Protection dates
- 1987/07/29 : inscrit MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Furiani
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.65846, 9.41455
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099199
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "Corse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Environ 150 tours ont été édifiées en Corse par la république de Gênes, entre 1512 et 1608. Les communautés participèrent à leur construction en payant des taxes ou en fournissant de la main d'oeuvre. La tour est signalée en 1556, lors de la guerre de Sampiero Corso. C'est une tour carrée, à l'appareil de schiste et aux trous de boulin apparents. Elle prend appui sur la roche qui affleure. Une porte haute, qui était accessible par une échelle mobile, s'ouvre sur la salle de la garnison. En partie haute, les mâchicoulis et meurtrières sont encore en place. En couronnement, se trouve un clocher d'appel aux armes.
English translation
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History
Approximately 150 towers were built in Corsica by the Republic of Genoa, between 1512 and 1608. The communities participated in their construction by paying taxes or providing labour. The tower is recorded in 1556, during the war of Sampiero Corso. It is a square tower, built of schist with visible putlog holes. It rests on the bedrock which outcrops. A high door, which was accessible by a movable ladder, opens onto the garrison room. In the upper part, the machicolations and loopholes are still in place. As a crowning feature, there is a bell tower for calling to arms.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Santa-Maria-Assuntachapelle1 mi
- Ancienne égliseéglise2 mi
- Centre paroissial Notre-Dame des Victoiresensemble religieux2 mi
- Tombeau Benedettimonument funéraire2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.