Balagne Corsica

Reduced to ruins a long time ago, the castle stood on a steep limestone outcrop at an elevation of 738 metres, overlooking San Colombano pass, a 692-metre strategic point of passage between the Golo valley, the region of Balagne and the sea.

It was one of the optimal strategic and military positions for the control of space for the marquises of Massa. In fact, it dominates both the eastern Balagne and the "basin" of Ponte-Leccia, i.e. directly the traves of Ostriconi, Ghjunsani, Tuani and Caccia. The castello of San Colombano de Ghjunsani was the main fortress of the marquises of Massa and Corsica according to the chronicles of the late Middle Ages. It is mentioned for the first time in 1289. It was the property of Roberto de Massa. On 15 August 1289, in war against Roberto de Massa who was in revolt against the Genoese, Luchetto Doria seized his fortress of San Colombano de Ghjunsani.

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