Tower of Padulella | |
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Native name Corsican: Torra di Padulella | |
Coordinates | 42°22′29″N 9°31′55″E / 42.37472°N 9.53194°E |
Built | Between 1550 and 1565 |
The Tower of Padulella ( Corsican: Torra di Padulella) was a Genoese tower located in the hamlet of Paduella in the commune of San-Nicolao on the east coast of Corsica. No trace of the tower survives.
The tower was built between 1550 and 1565. [1] It was one of a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates. [2] The Genoese ordered the tower to be destroyed in 1764. [1]
In 2007 the tower was added to the "General Inventory of Cultural Heritage" ( Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel) maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. [1]