Corte, Haute-Corse
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Corte (Template:IPAc-en, Template:IPAc-en; Script error: No such module "IPA".; Script error: No such module "IPA".;[2] Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France.
It is the fourth-largest commune in Corsica after Ajaccio, Bastia, and Porto-Vecchio.
Administration
Corte is a subprefecture of the Haute-Corse department.
History
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During World War I, German prisoners of war were kept in the Citadel.
Population
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Sights
Sites of interest include the Fortress (A citadella), the Museum of Corsica (Museu di a Corsica), and the University of Corsica (Università di Corsica).
- Pieve Santa Mariona di Tàlcini, a ruined medieval pieve (church)
Transport
National roads lead to Ajaccio and Bastia.
Corte is also linked to Ajaccio, Bastia and Calvi by the Chemin de fer de la Corse (Corsican Railway), and is served by trains running between Ajaccio and Calvi, and Ajaccio and Bastia.
Climate
Corte has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa), sometimes presenting alpine conditions during the winter, with 52 summer days and 56 frost days.
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Education
Corte has become a major university town in Corsica since the Pasquale Paoli University opened up again in 1980s.
Notable people
Corte was the birthplace of Joseph Bonaparte (1768–1844), the eldest brother of the French Emperor Napoleon I, who made him King of Naples (1806–1808) and Spain (1808–1813). Corte was also the birthplace of Theophilus of Corte (1676 - 1740), an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor.
Gallery
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Panorama
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Citadel
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Church
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La Citadelle
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Place Gaffori, with the statue of General Ghjuvan Petru Gaffori in front of his former home
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Fountain at the beginning of the boardwalk called Rampe Sainte Croix from the Cours Paoli to the Chapel of Sainte Croix
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House of birth of Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
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Corte Panorama created from three images recorded at the bridge over the Restonica, pont vieux
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See also
References
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External links
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