Porto (Corsica)
 
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Location of Porto in Corsica |
Porto is a small place that belongs to the municipality of Ota , at the end of the gulf of the same name on the west coast of Corsica between Calvi and Ajaccio , framed by the town of Piana and the Corsica Regional Nature Park as well as the Calanche in the south and the Girolata peninsula with the La Scandola nature reserve in the North. The place has about 600 inhabitants.
The Gulf of Porto is one of the most beautiful areas in Corsica. It has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO . The river Porto flows into the sea in the port of Porto-Marina. From the southern Capu d'Orto (1,294 m) you have a panoramic view of the gulf. Eucalyptus grows in large quantities around the town of Porto . A landmark of the place is a Torregiana from the 15th century.
Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ' N , 8 ° 42' E
Historic city centers:
Episcopal city of Albi (2010) |
Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles (1981) |
Papal Palace , Cathedral and Avignon Bridge (1995) |
Bordeaux , Port de la Lune (2007) |
Carcassonne (1997) |
Le Havre (2005) |
Lyon (1998) |
Stanislas, de la Carrière and d'Alliance squares in Nancy (1983) |
Seine River from Paris (1991) |
Provins , city of medieval fairs (2001) |
Strasbourg: from Grande-Île to New Town (1988, 2017) |
Vézelay abbey church and hill (1979)
Structures: Fontenay Abbey (1981) | Saint-Savin Abbey (1983) | Belfries in Belgium and France (2005) | Canal du Midi (1996) | The architectural work of Le Corbusier (2016) | Vauban's fortifications (2008) | Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (1982) | Amiens Cathedral (1981) | Bourges Cathedral (1992) | Chartres Cathedral (1979) | Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay (1979) | Pont du Gard (1985) | Notre Dame Cathedral, former Saint-Remi Abbey and Palais du Tau in Reims (1991) | Fontainebleau Castle and its Park (1981) | Palace and Park of Versailles (1979) | Orange Theater and Arc de Triomphe (1981)
Archaeological sites:
Chauvet grotto near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (2014) |
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps (2011) |
Vézère valley: sites and cave paintings (1979)
Cultural and natural landscapes: Nord-Pas de Calais mining area (2012, K) | District Saint-Emilion (1999 K) | Causses and Cevennes (2011, K) | Climats - vineyards in Burgundy (2015, K) | French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2019, N) | Way of the pilgrims in France (1998, K) | Gulf of Porto: Piana Calanche, Gulf of Girolata and Scandola Nature Reserve (1983, N) | Mont Perdu (1997, K / N) | New Caledonia lagoons (2008, N) | Loire Valley - Between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire (2000, K) | Taputapuātea (2017, K) | Volcanic landscape on La Réunion (2010, N) | Vineyards, wine houses and wine cellars of Champagne (2015, K)