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Corte

Corte is a town in the mountainous centre of Corsica, overlooked by a citadel on a rocky spur above the Tavignano and Restonica rivers. Pasquale Paoli made it the capital of the independent Corsican Republic from 1755 and founded a university there in 1765. The university was closed after the French conquest of 1769 and reopened in 1981 as the University of Corsica.

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Brazilian EmpireFoundationPortuguese EmpireDeclineKingdom of LeónGovernance, Impact, SummaryKingdom of AragonGovernance, Decline, SummaryKingdom of CastileGovernanceKingdom of PortugalGovernanceCrown of AragonDeclineCrown of CastileGovernance, Decline, SummaryHabsburg SpainGovernance

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Kingdom of AragonCrown of AragonIberian UnionCorsican RepublicAnglo-Corsican KingdomMiguelist PortugalSpanish First Republic

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Corte. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/corte
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“Corte.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/corte. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Corte.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/corte.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Corte’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/corte (Accessed: ).

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