Giraglia
Sign in to saveGiraglia is a French island at the northern tip of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea, known for its powerful lighthouse and for the Torra di Giraglia, a Genoese tower, both of which are official historical monuments of France.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Official name
- Ile De La Giraglia
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Ersa
- Area
- 8.4216
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Image
- Giraglia-ile-1.jpg
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- inception
- 1993-01-01
- Commons category
- Giraglia
- significant place
- Ersa
- start time
- 1993-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- The lighthouse
- Torra di Giraglia
- Giraglia Rolex Cup
- Bird colony
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
Giraglia is a French island at the northern tip of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea, known for its powerful lighthouse and for the Torra di Giraglia, a Genoese tower, both of which are official historical monuments of France.
The island is part of the commune of Ersa, but there are no settlements on the island. The closest settlements are Tollare, Ersa commune, and Barcaggio, Rogliano commune, on the main island of Corsica.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giraglia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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