[“][Olmi-Capella] 2723 ft. is in an open airy situation, commanding fine views of the mountains to the S. and S.W., and protected to some extent on the N. and N.W. by the ridge which sweeps round to the head of the Tartagine valley. This ridge, though in the neighbourhood of the village only about 1000 ft. above the sloping plateau on which it is built, rises to the W. into the peaks of Monte Tolo 4370 ft., Monte San Parteo 5512 ft., [Monte Cineraggia] 5286 ft., [Monte Grosso] 6227 ft., Punta Radiche 6595 ft., Capo al Dente 6667 ft., and [Monte Corona] 7031 ft. The N. slope of this ridge is very steep, and commands most magnificent views of the Haute Balagne and the sea beyond, whilst it is traversed by numerous passes which afford charming scenery. Besides the route forestière, which crosses the Col de Bocca
Croce 3048 ft., and by which the timber of the forest of Tartagine is conveyed to Ile Rousse for shipment, several mule-paths connect Olmi Capella much more directly with [Ville] and Speloncato by the Bocca Battaglia 3550 ft., and Bocca Croce d’Ovo 3629 feet; with [Feliceto] by the Bocca Pianile 5033 ft.; with Zilia and Calvi by the [Bocca di Cineraggia] 4698 ft.; with [Calenzana] by the [Bocca Bianca] 6155 ft., with Calenzana or the Val Ficarella by the Bocca di Tartagine 6093 ft.; and with the head of the valley of Asco by the Bocca de l’Ondella 6086 ft.”—F. F. Tuckett, Alpine Club.
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CORTÉ 28¾ 32¼ PALASCA pop. 550. Situated lower down than the high road and the last village on this side of the
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CORTÉ 31½ 29½ [COL DE SAN COLOMBANO] 2625 feet above the sea. The view though more vast is less distinct, presenting a succession of mountain-tops, between which are dimly seen valleys with the sea in the distance. The diligence now descends into the narrow, rocky vale of the Navaccia, an affluent of the Tartagine, which enters the Golo a little above the important bridge called the
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CORTÉ 46¾ 14¼ PONTE ALLA LECCIA. Inn at station. Here take rail for Corté (see [p. 8]) or for Bastia, 29 miles N.E. (see [p. 10]). The [Ponte Nuovo] is distinctly seen from the station. The two small houses near the railway bridge, on the S. side of the Golo, were Paoli’s headquarters during the battle (see pp. [9] and [39]).
CALVI 61 [CORTÉ], see [page 8].