Bastia - Old Town

The Terra Vecchia, the old fishing village, is a maze of narrow lanes and tall, closely packed houses in Bastia. The former Cathedral of St-Jean-Baptiste (16th century) with its twin towers dominates the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville. The chapels of the Immaculate Conception (1611) and St-Roch (1604) are sumptuously decorated. On a spur of rock to the south of the picturesque Old Harbor is the Genoese Citadel, within the walls of which are the palace of the Genoese governor and many old houses.