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Presentation of Bastia

Bastia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Bastia is also an important Corsican port and is famous for its wines.

Bastia, baroque town of culture. Bastia, dynamic coastal resort. Bastia, centre for gastronomy. Bastia, the gateway to Corsica.

HISTORY OF BASTIA

Bastia was founded in 1378, when the Genoese governor Leonello Lomellini left the Castle of Biguglia to establish a fortified site "a Bastia".
The site overlooked a small fishing port known then as Porto cardo (the present Vieux Port, or Old Port). Succeeding governors used the same residence. From this installation of Genoese citizens and from the construction of ramparts to protect the new habitation grew a new quarter: Terra Nova (the present Citadel). The old Porto Cardo then became known as Terra Vecchia.

Sister cities with Bastia

Erding (Germany)
Viareggio (Italy)