PREHISTORIC TIMES 6350 A pre-Neolithic civilization has been substantiated on the Years BC limestone plateau by the discovery of the grave of “la Dame de Bonifacio”. THE STRONGHOLD ANTIQUE TIMES OF THE STANDARD 800 years BC : Homer already evokes in the...
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PREHISTORIC TIMES 6350 A pre-Neolithic civilization has been substantiated on the Years BC limestone plateau by the discovery of the grave of “la Dame de Bonifacio”. THE STRONGHOLD ANTIQUE TIMES OF THE STANDARD 800 years BC : Homer already evokes in the Odyssey, that Visit 2,50 € Ulysses enters into the port of the Laestygonians. 200 years AD : Roman presence is confirmed by numerous ruins : shipwrecks, villa, several ports, granite quarry and other objects (money, vases …). MIDDLE AGES BONIFACIO 830 The foundation of Bonifacio is attributed to a Pisan lord, Count Boniface. It is a simple fortified “castle” to begin with, destined to defend the Strait from invaders. 1092 Pope Urbain II entrusted the management of the island to the Republic of Pisa. For nearly 2 centuries, Corsica benefited from the salutary effects of the “Pax Pisana”. 1195 The Republic of Genoa becomes master of the town and of Corsica in 1284 ; Ligurian families settled and founded an autonomous town : with its senat
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