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Perched like an eagle's nest at over 100m on a rocky outcrop, this former medieval stronghold is today a listed site, one of the most beautiful villages in Corsica. Once populated by more than 500 inhabitants, the village now has only a hundred or so...
Nevertheless, the commune remains one of the most frequented in Cap Corse. During the season, many visitors come to contemplate the church of Santa-Ghjulia and the magnificent tower of Nonza. Moreover, its 167m altitude made it possible to watch over the whole Gulf of Saint-Florent, a strategic point of the Haute-Corse. From there, a spectacle is offered to the walkers. A panoramic view dominates the bay, where the sea ends its journey by crashing on the rocks below. The luckiest ones will perhaps be able to admire a sunset of a thousand shades.
A few centuries ago, the Marina di Nonza still existed and was home to a few commercial gondolas that distributed citron to Nice, Marseille and Livorno. Then, with time, the Marina disappeared, and the discharges from the asbestos factory in the neighbouring village of Canari (which closed in 1965) gradually modified the landscape so that the immense beach of black pebbles finally emerged. In the middle of the last century, it was still twice as wide as today...
