En un regard
Le château en bref
Coasina (or Covasina) Castle, overlooking the Aléria plain at Ventiseri, is said by legend to date from the 9th century and to have been founded by Truffetta, a nobleman from Mainz presented as an envoy of Charlemagne, who is also said to have built the castle of Pietrapola and to have established himself as lord of Talabo during conflicts with the Biancolacci family. Its dressed-stone walls rest on a substructure of larger blocks into which Roman bricks are set, the rock of Covasina having probably already served as a lookout point watching over the sea and the coastline in Roman times. The present ruins, combining several periods including 17th-century elements, retain traces of staircases and of a vaulted armoury of monumental dimensions, as well as a small chapel. The site offers a panorama over the Aléria plain and is linked to the neighbouring hamlets by mountain paths.