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Of all the Corsican citadel, the citadel of Corte is the only built in the interior ...

Built on its rocky outcrop at the southern end, it seems to separate it dominates the city with beautiful outlook over the surrounding area: valleys of Restonica and Tavignano ...

Built in the fourteenth by a feudal lord Corsican Vincentello of Istria, but several times changed, strengthened, it consists of two levels with the lower house and chapel which housed was destroyed by order of Louis Philippe.

The upper floor was reached by a stunning marble staircase Green Restonica ... We call this part "Castle". Occupied until 1983 by the Foreign Legion, the castle became a cultural center. It houses the Museum of Corsica and the Museum of Art and History.