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Citadel of Corte

France · 18th century

Founded
c. 1750
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Corte
Coordinates
42.3059°, 9.14844°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Citadel of Corte in France
Photo: Amada44 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The citadel of Corte, nicknamed the eagle's nest, is an 18th-century citadel built around a 15th-century castle in Corte in Haute-Corse, listed as a historic monument on 10 August 1977 and "musée de la Corse" since 1984.

Machine-translated from “Citadelle de Corte” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Citadel of Corte ranks #7,767 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #760 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded c. 1750, it is older than 17% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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