Porto-Vecchio

Porto-Vecchio ( Portivechju in Corsican Language) is a common French, located in the micro area of the Extreme South of the department of the Corse-du-Sud and the Corsica area .

Geography

Third town of Corsica in population, Porto-Vecchio is a seaside resort on the east coast of Corsica, on the trunk road N198, between Solenzara (in North) and Bonifacio (in the South), bordered in the West by the relief of Ospedale (1381m) and in the East by the Tyrrhenian Sea.

It is particularly famous for its beaches: Fixed Rossa, Palombaggia, Santa-Giulia.

Administration

1799 Ettore Pippinu Ettori 1803-1814 Vincente Maria Rocca Tightened 1815-1821 Pompeo Pietri 1821-1825 Camillo Rocca Tightened 1826-1832 Caius Colonna Cesari 1832-1839 Rocco Francesco Quenza 1839-1845 Leopoldo Rocca Tightened 1846-1854 Giulio Silvestro Rocca Tightened Orazio Guerino Ettori 1854-1855 Pietro Paolo Colonna Cesari 1855-1862 Giabicorso Pietri 1862-1863 Paul Duroselle 1864-1870 Frederic Quenza 1870-1872 Jean Jacques Grimaldi, Léopold Ettori are temporary mayors named by prefectoral decree 1872-1876 Horace de Rocca Tightened 1876-1877 Jean Paul de Rocca Tightened 1878-1881 Hector Orlandi 1881-1888 Gift Georges Filippi 1888 Horace de Rocca Tightened 1889-1892 Camille Quenza 1892-1911 Joseph Balesi 1911-1919 François Balesi 1919-1922 Horace-Gaston Quenza 1922-1943 Camille de Rocca Serra 1943-1945 Jean Marcellesi Baptist, president of the special delegation municipal, then mayor 1945 Paulin Terrazzoni 1946 Fabrice Pietri 1947-1950 Jean Paul Pietri 1950-1997 Jean Paul de Rocca Tightened 1997-2004 Camille de Rocca Serra 2004 Georges Mixed

Demography

Graph of evolution of the population

Economy

Porto-Vecchio has commercial managed by the Chamber of commerce and an industry port of Ajaccio and the Corse-du-Sud. It is the second Corsican port in term of goods traffic

History

It is the principal seat of civilization known as torréenne (IIIe and thousand-year-old IIe front J. - C.) of which remains in Porto-Vecchio the principal vestiges, with the locality éponyme, Torre. The current port founded or is undoubtedly taken again by the Greeks of Syracuse to the Life front century J. - C. and is located at the site of the “ Portus Syracusanus ” Roman. In XVe, the Banque of Saint-Georges makes build a fortress of which remain many bastions.

Remained a long time a very small village compared to other cities of the south of Corsica, Sartène or even Levie, it profited from the cleansing of the marshes after the Second world war to become a major tourist center since the Années 1980, in particular since the construction of the airport of Figari.

Places and monuments

Bastion of France Photo
the Génoise Door Photo
the citadel Photo
Church St-Jean-Baptist
Arts center of Corsica
Cineclub of Corsica
salt-water Marshes Photo1 Photo2
Palombaggia Photo

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