{{Short description|Genoese coastal defence tower in Corsica}} {{Infobox historic site |name=Tower of Calvi |native_name=Torra di Calvi |native_language=Corsican |image=Fort in Calvi.jpg |caption= |designation1=Monument historique |designation1_date=23 August 1990 |designation1_partof= |designation1_number={{Mérimée|PA00099175|PA00099175}} |designation1_criteria= |designation1_type=Classé |designation1_free1name= |designation1_free1value= |designation2= |designation2_date= |designation2_number= |designation2_offname= |location= |built=End of 16th century |architect= |coordinates = {{coord|42|34|02|N|8|45|35|E|type:landmark_region:FR|display=inline,title}} | locmapin=Corsica | map_relief = yes }}
The '''Tower of Calvi''' ({{langx|co|Torra di Calvi}}) is a Genoese tower in the commune of Calvi (Haute-Corse) on the Corsica.
The tower was one of a series of coastal defences built by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates.<ref>{{cite book | last= Graziani | first= Antoine-Marie | contribution= Les ouvrages de défense en Corse contre les Turcs (1530-1650) | editor1-last= Vergé-Franceschi | editor1-first=Michel | editor2-last= Graziani | editor2-first= Antoine-Marie | year=2000 | title= La guerre de course en Méditerranée (1515-1830) | publisher= Presses de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne | place=Paris | isbn= 2-84050-167-8 | pages=73–144 |language=French }}</ref>
In 1990 the tower together with the ramparts of the citadel were listed as one of the official historical monuments of France.<ref name=mh>{{Base Mérimée|PA00099175|Remparts de la citadelle et Tour du Sel}}</ref>
thumb|center|300px|Drawing of the tower from the Genoese archives, 1700.
==See also== *List of Genoese towers in Corsica
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