Rogliano

Geography

Rogliano is a commune located at the north-eastern point of the Corsican Cape. It is crossed by the D80 road which carry out to and Meria, communes bordering in the south, and climbs towards Ersa in the west. The hamlets of Piedmont are also served by RD 353 and of the communal ways. Rogliano was born from the regrouping of the commune of San Colombano (current southernmost part) and of that of Chjapella (third septentrional).

Its territory is built in the southern part, on the slopes of Assembles di U Castellu (603 m), while the northern half, around Cima di has Campana (245 m), is covered with some wood and a flowered maquis. The coastguard path (of Rogliano with Centuri) follows bay of Tamarone, of Macinaghju with Santa-Maria, along the Tyrrhenian Sea, then is prolonged along bay of Capandula until Punta d' Agnellu, in the Mer Ligurienne, and finally to Acqua Tignese, brook which marks the communal limit with Ersa. The shredded littoral is intersected with sand beaches: Tamarone, Fixed Genovese, Cala Francese and Capandola. The three islands of Finocchiarola, in extreme cases septentrional of bay of Tamarone, right before the wearing of Santa-Maria, constitute a natural reserve of 3 ha, rich in birds and marked by a microclimate of Asphodel S, Leek X and Fennel S savages. Their name is besides drawn from Corsican finochju , fennel.

Inheritance and monuments

Macinaghju , the marine of Rogliano, perpetuates its maritime tradition with its marina of 600 rings. It is built on the old trade and fishing port, which was one of the most active Corsican ports at the 19th century. It was also the place of many historical unloadings. At the House of the Port the lucky finds of the archeological sites are deposited.

The hamlets of Piedmont de Rogliano are grouped in broad steps with mountainside. At the 18th century and the 19th century high houses were built there, but some of them go up until the 15th century. The lanes are sometimes intersected with staircases and arched passages. At the end of the 19th century, many Roglianais, of return to the country after having made fortune in America, built immensent manors, known as Maisons of the Americans . Fourteen families of Roglianu are remained with Puerto Rico, where the Corsicans form a strong minority, to 85% capcorsine. The old mills of Coscia, which dominated the village, are today the site of a television relay station. Many and often splendid family burials are built along the roads between the parish and the cemetery.

The old Saint-François convent, gone back to 1520, was restored at the 18th century, but its church is ruined. In the west of the beach of Tamarone, the Holy-Restitude vault was built on an old sanctuary. Chjapella, Sainte-Marie vault, Romance building of the 11th century, were rebuilt at the 16th century, a little in withdrawal.

Hamlets

Bettolacce : the communal chief town is dominated by the tower génoise round Barbara da Mare - it is the Midsummer's Day vault there - it is crossed by the " Way of the impératrice" , named thus in remembering the visit of Eugenie de Montijo on her return of the inauguration of the Suez Canal, the December 2nd 1869, and which financed the realization of it - the church Sant' Agnellu (built in 1510 and 1720), with beautiful frontage baroque, also accepted the balustrade of its chorus of the Eugenie empress, and contains a marble furnace bridge and fabrics of the Annunciation (17th century) and Our-Lady-of-Rosary (16th century) - the vault of brotherhood Santa Croce (classified Historic building), close to the cemetery, constitutes current Maison of the young people;
Campianu : a windmill, now ruined, was drawn up above the hamlet, on the summit San Berardinu - it is always the Saint-Andrew vaults there, and with the San-Guglielmo west and Holy-Anne - towards north, one finds the ruins of the Saint-Georges vault on a Romance sanctuary and the old hamlet ruined of Vighjetu, on a prehistoric site, with its Saint-Erasme vault of origin préromane - right before Quercioli remain the ruins of the vault Holy-Catherine;
Castellu ;
Macinaghju : the navy of Rogliano is the first marina of the Corsican Cape and the second fishing port after Centuri - the Saint-Marc vault there is found;
Magna Suprana : the village is on the Roman site of Vicus Aurelianus - one finds the Saint-Pierre vault there - the vault of the delle Madonna Grazie is towards Vignale;
Magna Suttana : in the hamlet draws up the church Holy-Claire - in north, on the site of a sanctuary préroman, the ruined vault Saint-Like-and-Damien, the 16th century is, with its isolated bell-tower;
Olivu : of the two square towers which were built in this hamlet, one is in ruin and the other remains inhabited;
Quercioli : a tower génoise and a vault Saint-Roch (17th century) are in the village;
Vignale : in the east, the Castellacciu San Colombano , built at the 13th century by Ansaldo da Mare, admiral of the fleet of Frederic II, was dismantled in 1554 by Génois in reprisals against Giacomo-Santo da Mare which had taken the party of Sampiero Corso and France of Henri II, and constitutes a vast ruin today - in the vicinity, the Castello San Colombano , the castle of Negroni (descendants of Da Mare), was built with the foot of the ruins of the strong castle of Da Mare by Giacomo Negroni de San Colombano in 1556; its three stages and twelve rooms were permanently occupied of 1556 with 1947, when it burned accidentally in a fire of undergrowth - the St Lucia vault is also drawn up in the village;
Vignallelu .

Littoral towers

Four littoral turns génoises are in Rogliano:

the tower of Macinaghju and that from Finocchiarola, both in ruin;
the tower of Santa Maria di has Chjapella;
the tower of Agnellu: round tower of the 16th century.

History

The site was occupied since the Antiquité. All the territory of Roglianu knew the Roman presence. Besides the village occupies the site of the Roman locality of Vicus Aurelianus , origin etymological of the toponym. The Roman village was destroyed by the Vandales in 457. One finds a layer of amphoras on the Finocchiarola islands as well as Roman ruins in north, close to the vault Santa Maria.

From 1249, Rogliano was the chief town of the most important stronghold génois of the Corsica Cape, that of the Da Mare of San Colombano, until in 1523, date on which it passes by marriage to the family Negroni. Augustin Doria seized the stronghold in 1592 and placed the Corsica Cape under direct supervision of the administration génoise.

In 1757, Pascal Paoli released the Corsican Cape of the Italian supervision. But the tower of Santa Maria was taken again only in 1761, and the island of Capraja in 1767. In 1768, Rogliano became the capital of the new French province of the Corsica Cape, then sub-prefecture of the department of the Golo in 1790.

Administration

Demography

Local economy

The Agriculture remains most active here of the Corsica Cape, in spite of a strong decline since the end 18th century: Vine, Orchard S, olive-tree S and Olive oil, Mixed-farming in terraces, Ovine breeding and Caprin accompanied by production of Fromage S. the Viticulture nourishes a cooperative wine cave and product of the white wines like the malvoisy and the Muscat. Macinaghju is the second port of fishing of the Corsica Cape (fish, shellfish). careers of Serpentine of Marcolinco are still opened in Campianu. For a few decades, the Tourisme has made flora.

Personalities related to the commune

Falcucci : Italian philosopher of the 19th century, born in Magna Suprana;
the family Da Mare, then their descendants, Negroni, formed the nobility capcorsine, whose Rogliano was the capital;
Ansaldo da Mare: lord of the Corsica Cape at the 16th century, which builds Castello de Vignale, admiral de Frédéric II of Prussia - the thesis on the Corsican origins of Christophe Colomb does of the Discoverer one of his descendants.

See too

Common of the Corsica Haute-Corse
Cape
Macinaggio

External bonds

Rogliano on the site of the national geographical Institute
Rogliano on the site of INSEE
Rogliano on the site of Plane Quid
of Rogliano on Mapquest
the Community of Communes of the Corsica Cape

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