Ajaccio

  • Ajaccio is a Port and cathedral city, which is the Capital of the island of Corsica, located on its west coast. It is in the Haute-Corse Department of France and is world famous for being the birthplace of the French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821 CE).
  • It’s Roman name is unknown, although it may have been Adjacium or Adiacium or Urcinium. It was located in the Province of Corsica. Very little has been found from the Roman period.

Museums

  • Maison Bonaparte
    • Rue Saint-Charles, 20000 Ajaccio.
    • The Museum is the former home of the Bonaparte family and is dedicated to the history of Napoleon and his descendents.

 

 

Ajaccio

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