Ghisoni

Ghisoni is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Corse and the Corsica area .

Geography

Contrary to so much of Corsican villages, perched on peaks and stop, Ghisoni although located at 650 meters of altitude occupies the bottom of a deep basin, near the confluence of two torrents, Regolo and Fium' Orbu.

The summits notched of South-east, reaching 1.535 meters and 1.260 meters, bear the unexpected names of Kyrie eleison and Christe Eleison.

The popular memory wants that they were thus baptized after the torment of Giovannali taken refuge with Ghisoni. Whereas the heretics went up to roughed-hew, the priest and people of the country would have requested for them, the repeating echo of the two mountains: Kyrie eleison… Christe Eleison…

History

The reverend father Salvadore Vitale announces the existence to Ghisoni, in year 430 of our era, of a church San Thoma de Grisino.

Mr. Cosimi, author of the " Greek toponymy of Corse" (published in 1953), shows the existence of a convent or a vault held by Byzantine monks at the 8th century.

The first mentions of Ghisoni date from the chronicles of the historian Giovanni della Grossa (1388 - 1464). Later, the handwritten atlas of Génois Vesconte Maglioni, dated January 20th, 1511 mentions also the existence of the village. If the exact date of the creation of the village dubious, it however is established that it was created well before Ajaccio (1380) and Bastia (1412).

The origin of the name of Ghisoni, between the name of a river of the province of Turin, of a painter or resulting of a purely religious origin, remains it also dubious. Mr. Cosimi thinks that the name of Ghisoni would come from name given by the Byzantine monks to their convent, namely, " remain of Jésus" , which becomes " IHIONI" , pronounced in Corsica Ghisoni or Isoni (after a vowel finishing the preceding word).

Ghisoni becomes chief town of canton by the law of April 20th, 1861 which forms a new canton while separating from that of Vezzani four of its old communes: Ghisoni, Ghisonaccia, Lugo di Nazza and Poggio di Nazza. With the last census of 1999, the canton counted 3.723 inhabitants (without double account).

During the second world war, Ghisoni released itself on September 9th, 1943, in particular thanks to the brothers Carlotti (Francis and Ange) who drove out a German detachment which placed in the school complex.

Dates of the festivals

Festival of the Virgin on August 15th

employers' Festival on September 8th

Administration

Demography

As in many Corsican communes, the two world wars, by mobilizing most of the population ghisonaise (the war memorial carries more than one hundred names) accelerated the fall of its population.

Tourist places

Ghisoni is one of the communes richest of Corsica in natural sites:

Surrounding high summits (whose Renoso Assembles it - 2352 meters).

Lakes of high mountain (Bastiani; Nielluccio; Rina).

Valley and source of Fiumorbo and its affluent Regolo.

Many torrents snuffed by the estivants (Pine fourchu of Testalu; the Mine; Cavu…).

Extraordinary processions of Strette and Inzecca.

Beautiful access roads by the collars of Verde (1285 m) and of Sorbed (1314 m).

Superb forest territory (forests of Marmano and Canale).

Regional natural park of Corsica.

Passage du GR 20.

Monuments

Fountain of Neptune;

Church Holy Cross (15th); Church Santa Maria (15th);

Church San Francheschinu (17th) and its organ;

Bridges génois on Régolo;

Sheep-folds of Capanelle;

Dam Sampolo.

Resources and Production

In a work written by the Rossi Abbot in 1810, one can read: " The country is rather mountainous, it misses neither of cereals, neither of oil, nor of wine and sweet chestnuts, with much of cattle because it uses the plains of Fium' Orbu.

- Chestnuts (production of flour whose quality was preceded with the fair of Boccognano).

- Forestry development: The commune of Ghisoni is covered with 18.000 hectares of forest is a rate of timbering of almost 45%.

- Pisciculture; Drive out (wild boars, pigeons…); Fish (famous trouts).

- Pork-butchery.

- Old mine of Petra Rossa.

- The ski station of Ghisoni-Capanelle: In 1974, under the impulse of Dr. Meymard and the Mayor of the time of Ghisoni, Mr. Vignaroli, that the alteration work to the place known as of the Sheep-folds of Capanelle starts. The following year, the ski station Ghisoni 2000 is inaugurated, and during one moment will cause the hope of the ski in Corsica with a project of complete installation of the solid mass with chair-lifts going up on the peaks with the top of the site. The financing was saying is buckled, but these projects will never be born, and only the three skis-lift have remained for this time. The station functions each winter and accommodates as of snow fallen in love ones with the insular ski.

Personalities related to the commune

- General Vincent-Marie Costantini (born in Ghisoni on February 24th, 1751 - deceased in Grenoble on June 25th, 1825): Enlisted in Royal Corsica in 1769, it climbs all the levels of the military hierarchy and is named brigadier general in 1803. Knight then Officer of the Legion of Honor. Reprocessed on July 17th, 1810.

- General Jacques Philippe Ottavi (born in Ghisoni on June 24th, 1767 - deceased in 1855): Engaged in 1782 in Royal Corsica Infantry. Brigadier general on December 22nd, 1800. Lieutenant Général on May 20th, 1808. Campaigns of Italy of 1797 to 1800 Bonaparte pennies. 12 campaigns, no wound. Reprocessed in 1817. His/her Bonaventure son (born in Nice on August 18th, 1796), lieutenant, was his aide-de-camp starting from May 8th, 1813.

- Roger Romani (born on August 25th, 1934): French Minister for the relations with the Parliament 1993 to 1997. Senator de Paris between 1977 and May 1993, re-elected since 2002. To advise of Paris of 1971 to 2001.

- Jean Paolini (born on March 3rd, 1921): Prefect of police of Paris from July 2nd, 1973 to May 2nd, 1976; and from July 17th, 1986 to August 15th, 1988.

- Hercules Mucchieli (born in Ghisoni in 1903 - deceased in Ghisoni in 1990): Large distributer and film producer. From 193 to 1975 directed prestigious houses to France like Pathé, Universal, Métro Golwyn Mayer and Cocina. It also has creates two houses of distribution: Cyrnos Films (" The Island of amour" with Tino Rossi) and Valoria Films with which it has coproduit or distributed large popular films (" Large the vadrouille" ; " Z" ; " The corniaud" ; " The rapace" ; " 55 days with Pékin" …).

- Pierre-Louis Filippi: Chief engineer of the Highways Departments of the town of Paris at the origin of the creation of defense.

- Marc-François Martelli: Chief engineer of the Highways Departments of the town of Paris.

- Marie-Jean Vinciguerra: General inspector of State education.

- Pierre Ottavi: General inspector of the National police force.

- Dr. Raoul Maymard: Surgeon. Founder of the Maymard private clinic of Bastia.

- François Zanotti: Former president de Renault.

See too

Common of the Haute-Corse

External bonds

Ghisoni on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Ghisoni on the site of INSEE
Ghisoni on the site of Plane Quid
of Ghisoni on Mapquest

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