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Monument to the Greek Refugees

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    September 2, 2022

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    This granite sculpture commemorates Greek refugees who arrived here in 1676 with three galleys. They were expelled from their homeland in the Peloponnese by the Ottomans and were given asylum here in what was then Genoese Corsica. Driven out again by rebellious Corsicans in the meantime, they were granted new land nearby as compensation a century later and founded Gargèse. Even today, the local Greek Orthodox Church reminds us that Cargèse was founded by Greece.
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    Solid work of art with a historical background about the escape of the Greeks to Corsica (Cargese), who came to Corsica with simple boats under the most difficult conditions due …
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    Location: Cargèse, Ajaccio, Corsica, France

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