En un regard
Le château en bref
Built on a rocky promontory at the southern entrance to the Gulf of Valinco, Campomoro Tower dates from the 16th century; the Mérimée record gives 1559 or 1581 and notes that it then fell under the chiefdom of Bonifacio. Like most of the island's towers, it protected people and property against Barbary pirates. Wider than it is tall, it is surrounded by an enclosure with a star-shaped plan; its terrace is lined with machicolations, and a circular room covered by a dome houses a well that descends to the cistern. A triangular sentry box protects the exit of the staircase onto the terrace. Listed in 1992, and owned by a public institution (the Conservatoire du littoral according to the tourist office), it hosts an exhibition on the Genoese towers and the Barbary raids.