Ponte Leccia (; or Ponte-Leccia) is a French village, part of the municipality (''commune'') of
Morosaglia
Morosaglia (; ; , ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France. Since 2015, it is the seat of the canton of Golo-Morosaglia.
History
Morosaglia is the native commune of Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807). The hou ...
, in the department of
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; , or ; ) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single ter ...
,
Corsica
Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...
. Its name in
Corsican language
Corsican (, , or , ) is a Romance languages, Romance language consisting of the Dialect continuum, continuum of the Tuscan dialect, Tuscan Italo-Dalmatian languages, Italo-Dalmatian dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a Singl ...
is U Ponte à a Leccia.
Geography
Situated at the confluence between
Asco and
Golo rivers, it lies few km in the east of Morosaglia and is far from
Corte, 46 from
Bastia
Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...
, 60 from
Calvi and 100 from
Ajaccio
Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...
.
Transport
Ponte Leccia has a railway station on the
CFC line Ajaccio-Bastia, on the junction point with the line to Calvi. It is crossed by the
national roads N193 and
N197.
It has been used as a special stage in the
Tour de Corse
The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, and ...
.
Gallery
File:Pont de Ponte Leccia.jpg, The "Genoese Bridge"
File:Ponte-Leccia gare aout 1994-a.jpg, Railway station in 1994
See also
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Corsican people
References
External links
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Villages in Corsica
Tour de Corse