Cargèse
Also known as Cargese
Cargèse (; or ; ; ) is a village and commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 27 km north of Ajaccio.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cargèse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,032
- Timezone
Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Paomia 1676 to 1731
- Ajaccio 1731 to 1775
- Cargèse 1775 to the present day
- Population
- Churches
- Latin church of the Assumption
- Greek Catholic church of Saint Spyridon
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Marina
- Three towers
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Cargèse (; or ; ; ) is a village and commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 27 km north of Ajaccio.
The village was established at the end of the 18th century by the descendants of a group of immigrants from the Mani Peninsula of the Greek Peloponnese who had first settled in Corsica a hundred years earlier. The economy of the village is now based around tourism. Cargèse is noted for having two 19th-century churches that face one another across a small valley overlooking the harbour and the sea. One was built by the descendants of the Greek immigrants and the other by native Corsicans.
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