Travel Guide Morsiglia

It is a stronghold of the da Mare family, which has preserved almost intact the many square towers that give it its original identity, and also the birthplace of Dr. Antomarchi, who assisted the Emperor on St. Helena. Park on the side of the road and climb the narrow streets to discover the fortified towers, numerous patrician houses built between 1850 and 1900 and other palaces testifying to the affluence of the Corsicans of yesteryear, capable on their return from America of building palaces like that of Ange-François Guelfucci (1838). Another original feature is the number and wealth of religious buildings dotted around the region.