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26 unusual facts about Corse


Action of 8 March 1795

Meanwhile, in San Fiorenzo Bay, Corsica, Berwick had been refitting, when her lower masts, stripped of rigging, rolled over the side and were lost.

Alando

Alando, Haute-Corse, a commune in the Haute-Corse department in France

André Tarallo

André Tarallo (born in 1927 in Centuri, Haute-Corse), commonly known as Monsieur Africa, was a French businessman who worked as the top manager of African affairs for French petroleum company Elf Aquitane from the late 1970s until his arrest in the 1990s for embezzlement.

Arrigo della Rocca

But Arrigo had Franceschino assassinated and rapidly conquered the rest of the island except the two Genoese fortresses of Bonifacio and Calvi.

Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo

He was born at Alata, near Ajaccio, of a noble Corsican family, four years before the island became a French possession.

Centuri

:For the town in France, see Centuri, Haute-Corse.

Corse-du-Sud

The department hit the head-lines at the end of the twentieth century with the assassination at Ajaccio of the prefect Claude Érignac on 6 February 1998.

Corse, Gloucestershire

The parish lies on the tongue of land between the River Severn and the River Leadon.

Corsican Republic

He founded a university at Corte and created a short-lived "Order of Saint-Devote" in 1757 in honour of the patron saint of the island, Saint Devota.

Corte, Haute-Corse

Sites of interest include the Fortress (A citadella), the Museum of Corsica (Museu di a Corsica), and the University of Corsica (Università di Corsica).

GR 20

Southern part: Vizzavona - E Capenelle - I Prati - Usciulu - Matalza (added in the late 2011) - Asinao - I Paliri - Conca

The trail is usually considered as two parts: the northern part, between Calenzana and Vizzavona and the southern part, between Vizzavona and Conca.

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

HMS Fleche

HMS Fleche was the French 14-gun corvette Fleche launched in 1768 that the British captured in 1794; she wrecked in the bay of San Fiorenzo in November 1795.

João I, Duke of Braganza

After the civil war that followed, Anthony, Prior of Crato was defeated at the Battle of Alcântara, and Philip II entered Portugal and was confirmed by the Cortes of Tomar, where João occupied the post of Constable.

Lento

Lento, Haute-Corse, a French commune located on the island of Corsica

Luri, Haute-Corse

It was in the territory of Ptolemy's tribe, Vanacini, who according to a bronze inscription recording a letter from the emperor Vespasian, had their own senate and magistrates and were therefore probably semi-autonomous.

Ocaña

Ocana, Corse-du-Sud, a commune of France in the Corse-du-Sud department

Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni

Negroni was born in the Castle of San Colombano, also known as the Castello di San Colombano in Rogliano a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Pigna

Pigna, Haute-Corse, a commune in the Département of Haut-Corse, Corsica

Saint-Florent Cathedral

Saint-Florent Cathedral or Nebbio Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Florent de Saint-Florent, also known as Cathédrale du Nebbio) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral and French national monument located in the town of Saint-Florent in Corsica.

Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet

At the capture of San Fiorenzo he was sent to Britain with the despatches, promoted to major and made an aide to Lord Amherst.

Vescovato

Vescovato, Haute-Corse, a commune in the Département of Haute-Corse, Corsica

Vescovato Cathedral

Vescovato Cathedral (Pro-cathédrale Saint-Martin de Vescovato), now the parish church of St. Martin in Vescovato, Corsica, was the seat of a Roman Catholic bishopric between 1440 and 1570.

Vladimir Raitz

On holiday in Calvi on Corsica in 1949, he was asked by a socialite with local connections, Nicholas Steinheid, to encourage British the following year.

Yvan Colonna

However, an infrared camera set in the mountains of Corsica, near Vico as surveillance of a "bergerie", a traditional Corsican stone hut, yielded evidence that Colonna was hiding here.


2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season

William Buller, who raced a part-season with Zeta Corse in 2013, will switch to Arden Motorsport.

AF Corse

For 2012, AF Corse competed in a variety of sports car championships throughout Europe and globally, including the FIA World Endurance Championship and GT1 World Championship with Ferrari F458 Italia GT2s and Ferrari F458 Italia GT3s, including a co-branded for GTE-Am class car with Michael Waltrip Racing, AF Waltrip.

Alfa Corse

In 1993, Alfa Corse entered the DTM with the AWD V6-powered 155 TI, and created a Supertouring model, that would on got win the Italian Superturismo, the BTCC and the Spanish Touring Car Championship.

In 2001, Alfa Corse merged with Mauro Sipsz's independent firm, Nordauto Engineering, to form N.Technology.

Arthur Forbes, 1st Earl of Granard

He was the eldest son of Sir Arthur Forbes of Corse in Aberdeenshire; who went to Ireland in 1620 with the Master of Forbes's regiment, of which he was lieutenant-colonel, and was granted large estates in Leitrim and Longford by James I.

Canale-di-Verde

Canale-di-Verde is part of the canton of Moïta-Verde, together with 13 other communes: Aléria, Moïta, Ampriani, Campi, Chiatra, Linguizzetta, Matra, Pianello, Pietra-di-Verde, Tallone, Tox, Zalana and Zuani.

Canton of Bastia-1

The Canton of Bastia-1 (Centre) is one of the 16 cantons of the arrondissement of Bastia, in the Haute-Corse department, France.

Canton of Bastia-2

The Canton of Bastia-2 (Fango) is one of the 16 cantons of the arrondissement of Bastia, in the Haute-Corse department, France.

Canton of Bastia-4

The Canton of Bastia-4 (Cimballo) is one of the 16 cantons of the arrondissement of Bastia, in the Haute-Corse department, France.

Canton of Bastia-5

The Canton of Bastia-5 (Lupino) is one of the 16 cantons of the arrondissement of Bastia, in the Haute-Corse department, France.

Canton of Bastia-6

The Canton of Bastia-6 (Furiani-Montésoro) is one of the 16 cantons of the arrondissement of Bastia, in the Haute-Corse department, France.

Dakota Dunes

Dakota Dunes Casino (or the associated Dakota Dunes Links Golf Corse) in Saskatchewan, Canada

Église Saint-Dominique de Bonifacio

Église Saint-Dominique de Bonifacio is a church in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, southeastern Corsica.

Église Sainte-Marie de Saint-Florent

Église Sainte-Marie de Saint-Florent is a church in Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse, Corsica.

Église Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Bonifacio

Église Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Bonifacio is a church in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, southeastern Corsica.

Ferrari 360

The Ferrari 360 GT is a race version of the 360 Modena developed by the Ferrari Corse Clienti department in Maranello, in collaboration with Michelotto Automobili to compete in the FIA N-GT class.

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.

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.

Italian irredentism in Corsica

Many Corsican authors (who wrote in Italian) were influenced by the ideals of the Italian Risorgimento during the second half of the 19th century, such as Giuseppe Multado, Gian Paolo Borghetti, Francesco Ottaviano Renucci (Storia della Corsica dal 1789 al 1830 and Novelle storiche corse).

Colonel Cristofini Pietro (or Petru Simon Cristofini) was born in Calenzana (near Calvi, Corsica) on 26 May 1903 and in 1939 became a captain of the 3rd Algerian Fusiliers regiment.

Jean-Noël Pancrazi

He has also published a book called Corse on his native island in collaboration with the photographer Raymond Depardon.

John M. Corse

Corse was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved at the age of seven with his family to Burlington in the Iowa Territory.

A bronze equestrian statue of General Corse by sculptor Carl Rohl-Smith stands in Crapo Park in Burlington; the statue was restored in 2006 at a cost of $100,000.

Moita

Moïta, a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island 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.

Victor Huguenin

A bronze statue of Pasquale Paoli by Huguenin was erected in 1864 the center of the Place Paoli in Corte, Corsica.

West Sayville, New York

Edith Corse Evans, heir to a hide-tanning and real estate fortune with a West Sayville summer home, was a passenger on the Titanic.

Zilia

The village itself is situated at an altitude of 278m at the foot of the Monte Grosso (1 938 m) 7 km north-east of Calvi, the capital.