In the corner of Haute Corse, Corsica, resides a relic of yesteryears, the Torra di Santa Maria Chjapella of Rogliano. Commissioned around 1548 or 1549, roughly orchestrated by the Genovese Giacomo Santo Da Mare, it was built to bolster Genovese defenses in the face of the Barbary pirates. However, the narrative takes an eerie twist. Fast forward to 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars, and we find British forces, headed by Horatio Nelson, carving their part in this stone monument. Today, the remainder of this tower persists, displaying a defiant lean, a silent sentinel watching over the centuries, resistant to the modern tide of rebuilding.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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