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AJACCIO , the See also:

capital of See also:Corsica, on the See also:west See also:coast of the See also:island, 210 M. S.E. of See also:Marseilles. Pop. (1906) 19,021. Ajaccio occupies a sheltered position at the See also:foot of wooded hills on the See also:northern See also:shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio. The See also:harbour, lying to the See also:east of the See also:town, is protected on the See also:south by a See also:peninsula which carries the citadel and terminates in the Citadel See also:jetty; to the south-west of this peninsula lies the See also:Place See also:Bonaparte, a See also:quarter frequented chiefly by See also:winter visitors attracted by the mild See also:climate of the town. Apart from one or two See also:fine thorough-fares converging to the Place Bonaparte, the streets are mean and narrow and the town has a deserted See also:appearance. The See also:house in which See also:Napoleon I, was See also:born in 1769 is preserved, and his associations with the town are everywhere emphasized by See also:street-names and statues. The other buildings, including the See also:cathedral of the 16th See also:century, are of little See also:interest. The town is the seat of a bishopric dating at least from the 7th century and of a See also:prefect. It has tribunals of first instance and of com-merce, training colleges, a communal See also:college, a museum and a library; the three latter are established in the Palais See also:Fesch, founded by See also:Cardinal Fesch, who was born at Ajaccio in 1763. Ajaccio has small manufactures of cigars and See also:macaroni and similar products, and carries on See also:shipbuilding, sardine-fishing and See also:coral-fishing.

Its exports include See also:

timber, citrons, skins, chestnuts and gallic See also:acid. The See also:port is accessible by the largest See also:ships, but its See also:accommodation is indifferent. In 1904 there entered 603 vessels with a See also:tonnage of 202,980, and cleared 6o8 vessels with a tonnage of 202,502. The preseht town of Ajaccio lies about two See also:miles to the south of its See also:original site, from which it was transferred by the Genoese in 1492. Occupied from 1553 to 1559 by the See also:French, it again See also:fell to the Genoese after the treaty of Cateau Cambresis in the latter See also:year. The town finally passed to the French in 1768. Since 1810 it has been capital of the See also:department of Corsica.

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