We caught the bus and rode a half-hour north of Ajaccio to the Tower of Parata, or Torra di a Parata, in Corsican. It is an old stone structure sitting on top of a rocky hill. The tower, one of a series, was built around 1550 by the Republic of Genoa to defend against attacks by Barbary pirates.
On the far right you can just make out the outskirts of Ajaccio. If I'd been clever I'd have positioned something in the photo for size relevance, like a person or an umbrella, but in light of that omission know that the tower is 12 m (39 ft) in height, so about 3 stories, and it has a diameter of 7.3 m (24 ft) at the roof.
On the far right you can just make out the outskirts of Ajaccio. If I'd been clever I'd have positioned something in the photo for size relevance, like a person or an umbrella, but in light of that omission know that the tower is 12 m (39 ft) in height, so about 3 stories, and it has a diameter of 7.3 m (24 ft) at the roof.
On the far right you can just make out the outskirts of Ajaccio. If I'd been clever I'd have positioned something in the photo for size relevance, like a person or an umbrella, but in light of that omission know that the tower is 12 m (39 ft) in height, so about 3 stories, and it has a diameter of 7.3 m (24 ft) at the roof.
