Tighten-di-ferro

Tighten-di-Ferro is a common French, located in the department of the Corse-du-Sud and the Corsica area .

Geography

History

The commune of Tightened di Ferro was only made up at the XIXe century, towards the end of first half of the century. This creation aimed at giving an administration specific to a population occupying this territory within the framework of a primarily pastoral economy and secondarily of culture. Of this fact its population is made up in the beginning and today still of families or their children coming from various villages of the valley from Taravo, gathered according to the origin in the various hamlets which stud the communal territory. The habitat is composed of houses surrounded by a ground gathered in hamlets, or dipersées on the terrtoire according to the usual characteristics of the pastoral habitat.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Tightened ferro di has a prehistoric site first of all, with the place known as " Basi" , site which with the difference of that of FILITOSA, located in a symmetrical way on other side of river TARAVO, truly was not the subject of excavations organized by the public authorities. He thinks that the site would have been degraded, but this assertion would deserve proof because each one knows that the millenia hide testimonys of the past deeply. In any case exist one or statues menhirs of which most known is called " the paladin". At the Romaine period existed a port, located not at the site of, but to the current mouth marina of Taravo, which was probably one to two km inside. The oral tradition affirms that the foundations of Roman constructions would exist. Period of the raids Moors or buckwheats residence can be according to the oral tradition, the name even of the " commune; DI FERRO" TIGHTENED;: in Corsican " has will sarra di farru" or said certain old, " has will sarra di U farru" , which could symbolically mean the presence of strengthened camp, the iron peak. Let us note that the presence of places of habitat if not permanent at least relatively durable seems attested by the toponymy of various villages of the valley. The fight against these raids with left a tower known as " génoise" in good state, and another entirely ruined of which only remain the bases. Lastly, several small churches or vaults were built with the wire of the centuries. They are moving, testify to the faith, but also by their rusticity, of the hardness of the life of the inhabitants. The municipality restored them since a score of years.

Personalities related to the commune

One cannot really speak about personalities within the meaning of celebrities. A village in Corsica is initially marked by families, by their friendships and alliances with the wire of the generations. But also by their role and their anteriority in the life of the community. These roles can be institutional ou/et of ou/et influence of moral magistère. This specified, the village with counted or counts families of noble origin, such Abbatucci, important executives of the private sector, Senior officials, including two former students of the E.N.A, doctors etc… However, with the row of celebrity, one can undoubtedly count Jennifer DADOUCHE BARTOLI.

See too

Common of the Corse-du-Sud

External bonds

on the site of the national geographical Institute
on the site of INSEE
on the site of Plane Quid
theFerro one on Mapquest

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