Corte

Corte stands in the mountainous interior of Corsica, beneath a citadel rising above the town. Its position made it a centre of the island's political life during the struggle against Genoese rule. Under Pasquale Paoli, Corte became the capital of the independent Corsican state proclaimed in 1755. Genoa later pledged the island to France, whose forces brought it under French control in 1769.