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Why visit Calvi, Haute-Corse
Calvi is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the seat of the Canton of Calvi and of the Arrondissement of Calvi.
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Haute-Corse, France
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History
Calvi is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the seat of the Canton of Calvi and of the Arrondissement of Calvi. According to legend, Christopher Columbus supposedly came from Calvi, which at the time was part of the Genoese Empire. Because the often subversive elements of the island gave its inhabitants a bad reputation, he would have been expected to mask his exact birthplace.
“Calvi is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the seat of the Canton of Calvi and of the Arrondissement of Calvi.”
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