Tour de Losso / Torra di l'Osse (Cagnano, Corsica) - Monuments Historiques Français on Waymarking.com

Stone Tour de Losso (Torra di l'Osse in Corsican) located at Mediterranean coast near Cagnano, built in 16th century, is one the most famous Genoese littoral defense towers in Corsica...

The stone watchtowers, called Genoese towers (Tours génoises), are a typical feature of the Corsican coastline. And whilst they lend charm to the sites where they are placed, they are also first-hand witnesses to Corsican history. The construction of coastal watch towers began to be part of Corsican defence policy against Barbary pirates as early as the end of the 15th century, and it continued up to the 17th century.

The Genoese towers are built of stone, 12 to 17 m high for 8 to 10 m of diameter. Most of them are circular, some have a square plan - they always have four floors:

• the reserves, in the basement of the tower (used to store food and ammunitions, water was kept there in a cistern, filled from the terrace by a direct duct)
• the living room, on the first floor
• the guardroom, on the second floor - pierced with balistrarias to allow the torregiani to watch
• the terrace, at the top of the tower, for the observation - bored with machicolation or murder-holes, was flanked by a bartizan

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