corsica

     

Corsica (French: Corse; Corsican an Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus). It is located west of Italy, southeast of France, and north of the island of Sardinia.

Trivia about corsica

  • On May 15, 1768 France bought this island from Genoa for 2 million livres
  • The Carabelli & Durazzo families are considered the Hatfields & McCoys of this island
  • Not surprisingly there's a Napoleon & a Bonaparte Museum on this island where Napoleon was born
  • Experience:Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard of this island; worked to keep it part of France
  • While most Legion units are based in mainland France, 1 unit is based in Calvi on this Mediterranean Island
  • Ajaccio, capital of this French Mediterranean island, was settled by Genoese colonists
  • This French island in the Mediterranean was once ruled by the Bank of San Giorgio in Genoa
  • In 2008, pirates boarded a yacht anchored off this French island--where's Napoleon when you need him?
  • One of France's 26 regions, it doesn't count as an overseas one though it's 100 miles across the Mediterranean
  • In a July 6, 2003 referendum, this Mediterranean island narrowly defeated a plan for limited autonomy
  • Although French is the official language of this large island, the native tongue of the residents is a dialect of Italian
  • It's the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea that belongs to France