Vico

Vico lies inland on the western side of Corsica, above the valley of the Sagone River. The river descends westward to the sea at Sagone, once the seat of a bishopric. Raids by Barbary corsairs left the coastal town ruined and deserted; by 1751 the bishop lived at Vico instead. The small inland town also had a monastery, while the cathedral chapter of Sagone continued to exist.