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10 unusual facts about Bastia


44th Infantry Division Cremona

But during the night of 3 to 4 October the last German units were evacuated from Bastia leaving behind 700 dead and 350 POW's.

Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau

On 26 May 1811, returning from a mission to Corsica, Abeille encountered HMS Alacrity off Bastia and attacked the larger brig without hesitation.

Giuseppe Badaracco

He worked also in Corse (at that time part of the Republic of Genoa), where he painted locally influential paintings for some churches around Bastia.

Other his paintings were found in other churches near Bastia

Giuseppe Giusti

After the publication of a volume of verses at Bastia, Giusti thoroughly established his fame by his Gingillino, the best in moral tone as well as the most vigorous and effective of his poems.

Invasion of Elba

On 16 June, the day before the invasion, German reconnaissance aircraft spotted two flotillas of invasion ships, but thought they were just the normal naval convoys between Naples and Bastia.

Juan Bertoli Calderoni

Bertoli Calderoni came to Puerto Rico from Bastia, Corsica, in 1845, contracted by the Spanish Military Corps of Engineers to work at La Fortaleza and other Spanish military installations in San Juan.

Juan Bertoli Calderoni (sometimes spelled Juan Bertoly Calderoni) was a nineteenth-century French architect from Bastia, Corsica, and long-time resident of Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he designed various prominent structures including Teatro La Perla, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña, and the building currently housing the Centro Cultural de Ponce (Calle Cristina #70) among various other historic building.

Lucciana Cathedral

Lucciana Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption of Lucciana (French: Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-de-l'Assomption de Lucciana), also called La Canonica and Santa Maria Assunta of Bastia, is a former Roman Catholic cathedral and national monument of Corsica located in the town of Lucciana.

Petru Giovacchini

In 1927 he was expelled from the "Liceo National" of Bastia and founded the pro-Italian magazine "Primavera", where published the poems "Musa canalinca" and "Rime notturne".


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Canton of Bastia-5

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Canton of Bastia-6

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Cioni

Gilles Cioni (born 1984), French footballer, currently playing for SC Bastia

Davit Kacharava

He played for Bastia, Nice, from 2009/10 to 2011/12, and currently plays for Stade Rodez Aveyron, since 2012/13, in the Fédérale 1, in France.

Defensive Organization of Corsica

Salaun's report indicated that the island's capital, Ajaccio, was relatively well-defended by old 120mm field guns, but that the areas on Bonifacio in the south and Bastia in the north were vulnerable to amphibious assault.

GR 20

From Vizzavona, the train can be taken to Bastia or Ajaccio as well as many smaller towns and villages such as Corte.

Henry Padovani

Henri Padovani (born 13 October 1952, Bastia, Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco, Haute-Corse), commonly known as Henry Padovani, is a musician from the Mediterranean French isle of Corsica, noted for being the original guitarist for The Police.

Ignazio Cardini

Ignazio (Ignace) Cardini (December 1566 - 1602) was a Corsican doctor, naturalist and humanist of Italian descent, born in Bastia, Corsica.

José Luccioni

José Luccioni (October 14, 1903 in Bastia – October 5, 1978 in Marseille) was a French operatic tenor of Corsican origin.

Patrimonio

Located 12 km from Bastia and 4 km from the micro-region of Saint-Florent, this wine-growing commune is the gateway to the Cap Corse (peninsula at the northernmost point of Corsica).

Rapale

It connects the RN 193 from the roundabout at Casatorra Biguglia to Route D81 (eastern entrance Agriates) and passes Col Santo Stefano, strategic crossroad serving both Oletta Biguglia/Bastia Rapale and Murato.

Richard Dinnis

Newcastle then met Irish Premier League club, Bohemians in the UEFA Cup, a game they were expected to win, but they drew 0-0.They then won the Home Leg 4-0 to qualify for the next round,where they were defeated by a Johnny Rep inspired Bastia,who went on to the Final.

South Boston, Virginia

Greg Vanney, former member of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team, Sporting Club de Bastia, and MLS, also hails from South Boston.

Treaty of Bastia

The treaty arose after assemblies of Corsican notables met in Bastia, Saint-Florent, and L'Île-Rousse, and sent an invitation to Bentinck to send troops and take control of Corsica from French imperial forces.