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Located on an islet off Cap Corse, as early as 1573, a tower at La Giraglia was listed among the coastal towers to be built by Genoa to defend Corsica.

The tower, a square stone building, is now owned by the Conservatoire du Littoral and is in a good state of preservation.
(The island of Giraglia is part of the Cap Corse Islands Nature Reserve, so it is forbidden to dock there: the tower is therefore not accessible).

Three storeys high, like all coastal Genoese towers, the tower is topped by a terrace surrounded by battlements and flanked by a guardiola.
From the 16th to the 18th century, the tower's garrison consisted of a chief, three soldiers, including at least one bombardier, and a man in charge of supplies and transport by boat to Corsica.
The personnel were from Corsica or Bastia.
The decision to build was finally taken in 1582 by the Corsican lord Don Cristofaro Tagliacarne and the Genoese governor Stefano Passano, with the approval of the local population.
On 6 October 1583, the building agreement was validated by the Tower Construction Office, with July 1584 as the initial scheduled completion date.
Work began under the direction of architect Domenico Pelo.
However, logistical problems associated with building on an island delayed the work.
In a letter dated 29 July 1584, Don Tagliacarne informed the new Genoese governor, Cattaneo de Marini, of the difficulties in transporting food and equipment from Bastia to the Giraglia, and asked for more time.
Unmoved, the governor sent a letter to the Genoese Senate appointing Bartolomeo de Sarzana as the future head of the tower.
Despite supply problems, the second vault of the building was completed on 16 November 1584 and the tower was almost finished on 10 December.
Superintendent Don Tagliacarne sent the governor a notice of completion at the end of December 1584.
He had then spent 9,311 lire on the construction, a sum that was reimbursed to him following his summons from the Treasury agents on 6 February 1585. An anchorage fee was levied to recover this money.

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