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Construction of the thirteenth century Genoese, the citadel of Calvi stands proudly on its rocky promontory ...

Majestic and menacing, its pretty ocher colors set against the deep blue sea and the sky clearer corse, it seems invulnerable to the passage of time, the assaults of the sea, the winds sometimes so violent ... It is there, both mark, symbol, story ...

Within its fortifications, houses crowded against each other along the dark streets, narrow and steep at times complicated route leading to the Palace of the Governors or genoa at St. John the Baptist ...

While the walls several times modified through the addition of bastions, elegantly embrace the rocky terrain of this growth ... Previously, the only entrance was guarded by a drawbridge and is accessed by the place Christopher Columbus.