Italy : handbook for travellers. First part, Northern Italy and Corsica / by K. Baedeker.

  • Karl Baedeker
Date:
1870
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Credit: Italy : handbook for travellers. First part, Northern Italy and Corsica / by K. Baedeker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tialify for lus native island, which he visited for the last time on Sep- f™c* 'ti , ' ^ ' ° '^ I'eturn from Egypt. JJuring his exile in the island ot bl. Helena, however, his thoughts appear frequently to have reverted to Corsica. ' What reminiscences Corsica has left to me I' he was fre- quently heard to exclaim; 'I still think with pleasure of its mountains and Its beautiful scenery; I still remember the fragrance which it exhales.' Autommarchi Napoleon's physician in St. Helena, and the priest Vignale, who perlormed the last offices of religion, were Corsicans, and shared the late ot their illustrious compatriot. The * Cathedral, dating from the Genoese period, where Na- poleon was baptized on July 22nd, 1771, formerly contained the monuments already mentioned. The Place d'Armes is adorned with a bronze statue of the great Emperor, his looks turned towards the sea in the direction of France, surrounded by his four brothers Joseph, Lucien, Louis, and Jerome. The inscription records that the monument was erected by 'grateful Corsica' by voluntary subscription and inaugurated in 1865. In the Cours Napoleon, which diverges opposite this Place IS situated the palace of the Pozzo di Borgo, one of the most distinguished Corsican families. Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo born on March 8th, 1768, an early friend of Napoleon, a democrat and adherent of Paoli, afterwards became the Emperor's bitterest dOAo ''i^s^iuently became a Russian counsellor of state ajid in 1«U2 was created a count and appointed ambassador, in which capacity he indefatigably devoted his energies to oppos- ing his ambitious countryman. He proved a great benefoctor RAO ''^f-' ^.^ frequently visited. He died at Paris in i . n ' ^P^^^' heir to his extensive property, after- wards fell a victim to Corsican revenge To Se'r^^T.^.'P]? in the high read to Bastia. turri r ?^ monument of General Abba- tuccI, a Corsican who fell in 1796, whilst defending the town menade'ri- • ^^^^ ' P^^^^* <^heer , 1 pro- menade. Adjoining It is the Botanical Garden which merits pire^lL7nt °i/^ f'.'^ ^^y- P^«^'g the new Hos- Pla'eltd cliapelf. From Ajaccio to S. Bonifacio, and to Bastia by the £. Coast compleredMtg;r'as''Z a^^-V^^^^ ^F-' 34^\''%not yet entirely road 85 M.; diligence ^^^^n^^T^i^l minel'rarroV o^r^'tf?,oi''f ''ll Picl«.^%u;.ly situated on a pro- I'isanand Genoese period, Cnarrn '' 'h' ''lapidated houses, ofX rorr..e, a llrge tower of'th^'^n^^1^,-^'^^, ZLtu^^i^'^J^ 22*