Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian P
Satellite image of the island of Corsica
The Romanesque-Pisan style of the Church of Aregno
The Tour de Capu di Muru, a Genoese tower in the commune of Coti-Chiavari. Towers were built as Barbary pirates frequently attacked Corsica
Pasquale Paoli, leader of the Corsican resistance, and the first and only General of the Corsican Republic
The French conquest of Corsica was a successful expedition by French forces of the Kingdom of France under the Comte de Vaux, against Corsican forces under Pasquale Paoli of the Corsican Republic. The
A depiction of the battle of Ponte Novu