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Torra d’Ulmetu

The Tower of Ulmetu is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of on the west coast of the French island of . The tower sits on the Punta di Caniscione headland.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: genoese coastal defence tower in Corsica
  • Also known as: “Tour génoise d’Olmeto”

Torra d’Ulmetu

Latitude
41.4753° or 41° 28′ 31″ north
Longitude
8.98426° or 8° 59′ 3″ east
Open location code
8FHCFXGM+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 266589688
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q3379487
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In Other Languages

From Corsican to Norwegian Bokmål—“Torra d’Ulmetu” goes by many names.
  • Corsican: “Torra d’Ulmetu”
  • French: “tour d’Ulmetu”
  • French: “Tour d’Ulmetu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torra d’Ulmetu”
  • Norwegian: “Torra d’Ulmetu”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Torra d’Ulmetu”. Photo: Telperion, CC BY-SA 3.0.