Corte
Corte (
Corsican Corti) in is a town of approx. 6,000 inhabitants in the
Haute-Corse département in central
Corsica, in
France.
It was the capital of the Corsican independent state during the period of Pascal Paoli. Sites of interest include the Fortress (
A citadella), the Museum of Corsica (
Museu di a Corsica), and the University of Corsica (
Universitŕ di Corsica). National roads lead to
Ajaccio and
Bastia.