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GARGALO TOWER

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This ruined Genoese tower, occupied by guards until the 19th century, communicated with the soldiers of the fortress of Girolata to command the entrance to the bay of Elbo. Built in the second half of the 16th century, it dominates the island at an altitude of 129 metres.

THE GARGALO TOWER

It is known under the names of Gargalo, Gargalu or Gargali according to the maps
After the bay of Elbo which opens the territory of West Corsica and as one advances towards the west, the landscape becomes more and more vertiginous and ends in inaccessible islets. At the end of the point, Gargalu is the highest of the satellite islets of Corsica on which a square tower is built.
It is part of the Scandola nature reserve and is dominated by an ancient Genoese tower, and there is also a lighthouse on its western end.
This Genoese tower in ruins, occupied by guards until the 19th century, communicated with the soldiers of the fortress of Girolata to command the entrance to the bay of Elbo. Today restored, it remains inaccessible because it is in the heart of the Scandola nature reserve. The tower, built in the second half of the 16th century, dominates the island at an altitude of 129 metres. The islet Gargalu shelters a very beautiful population of maritime lavaterre, a protected species very rare in Corsica and in France, with beautiful white flowers decorated with a dark red heart.
At sea, a pavement of encrusting algae marks the limit of the water on the cliffs beaten by the waves: this very original formation is very fragile.

Architectural style

  • Roman

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