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Holidays...
The Alta Rocca
The Path of Discovery
Pass of Bavella [Ph. MA
Benedetti]
An Evocation of the Alta Rocca
[...] "The Alta Rocca, though it is far from my village, existed
as a reference for Grandfather. For him, corsican from the hills, born
at the end of the 19th century, the plain remained a place of derision.
There lived the people of the wells who, once the summer come, started
its ascent towards the tops and the good air, towards the Alta Rocca.
Further yet, the tradition teaches us that the transhumance led to the
plateau of the Cuscio, situated behind the Incudine (the Anvil). There,
at the beginning of the 18th century, a procession of shepherds greeted
the king Theodore de Neuhoff, this noble westphalian crowned monarch by
the Corsican, and brought him to Porto-vecchio. They pass along this deep
gorge which lines the Peaks of Bavella then they went down to the sea,
leaving the country of the mouflons, this ovine race which became the
symbol of Corsica.
I did again this way which snakes through the scrub until the plateau
of Bavella, to the extreme point of the Natural
Park.
[ ] Once we have passed the sheepfolds, we access to a point of view
which dominates the sea.
Then, the fatigue and the sore in the legs disappear, for
Corsica is as well beautiful from inside as from outside. It was until
then an intuition. It is becoming certain."
[ extract Terres de Corse ]
An Evocation of Sainte-Lucie de Tallano
In Santa Lucia di Talla (Sainte-Lucie-di-Tallano) the "diorite orbiculaire"
is harvested..
This stone has the aspect of the panther skin and seduced the Florentine
of the Renaissance who used it for the tomb of the Medici. At the beginning
of the 19th century, the general Morand, considering it as precious good
of the french patrimony, made keep a deposit of it by soldiers.
[ extract Terres de Corse ]
Holidays in Alta Rocca - South Corsica
The numerous villages of this splendid region delimited by the Massif of
Bavella, the Incudine and the plateau of Cuscione are linked together by
paths which are marked out for a walk of length from three to six hours
during which love and curiosity for prehistory and history will get satisfaction.
- The Villages of the Alta Rocca
- Aullène
- Carbini
- Quenza
- Levie
- The Sites of History
- The Rambles
For any information contact the Tourist
Information Centre
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