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Genoese bridge over r.Golo in the town of Castello-di-Rostino. destroyed during WWII, he became famous for the battle of 8-9 May 1769, went down in history as "the Battle of the Ponto Nuovo". Now the bridge otrestavrirovan.Voennye action unfolded on the island after in January 1768 the Republic of Genoa, which owned the island since the XIV century, gave way for the debts of its France. However, neither Genoese nor the French opinion of the local population is certainly not asked. Corsican rebels were defeated by the French army - defeated at Ponte Nuovo meant the final transition of Corsica under the rule of the Bourbons. And three months later, near the site of the decisive battle in the city of Ajaccio, in the family of Carlo Buonoparte born boy, who was named by Napoleon...
bernard_killer 1 de abril de 2020 a las 05:36
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