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- Facing east towards the Tuscan coast, Bastia has the inimitable charm of an old Mediterranean city, with its narrow streets lined by lofty houses, whose discreet elegance is hidden behind painted shutters. Founded in 1378 by the Genoese, who made it the capital of the island, its name comes from the "bastille" (fortress) which overlooks the city.
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Its history is in its "bastiglia" or citadel which was originally a walled city. Here it was the sea and the mountains that determined the location of habitations as well as the relief of the island. Bastia was the capital at the time of the Genoese domination. It spread to the slopes later, drawn toward the water in the Place Saint-Nicolas.
Bastia is a commercial port town (the most important on Corsica) found to the north-east of the island. It is in an impressive location with the hills and Cap Corse behind the town. The town is now officially classified as a 'Town of Art and History' in France.
Bastia was the capital of Corsica until 1791 and still is the military headquarters of the island. The old town (Terra Vecchia) is built in and around the central part of the harbour. The upper town (Terra Nuova) lies to the south, the modern town to the north and west.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Founded in 1378 by the Genoese, who made it the capital of the island, its name comes from the "bastille" (fortress) which overlooks the city. Bastia is a lively town, an impression that is intensified as you stroll through Place Saint Nicolas, a popular meeting-place for locals, or the Place du Marché, which is always colourful and bustling.
First let’s discover Bastia, a city of Art and History founded by the Genoese in 1381. Bastia, where you can live la Dolce Vita all year long: first of all, the Place Saint Nicolas and its music kiosk, its statue of Napoleon, its colourful façades and café terraces and restaurants in the shade of sycamore trees.
Bastia sits between the Med and the scrubby green slopes of the Serra di Pignu, 20 miles from Corsica’s northern tip, and still feels like the Italian city it was from medieval times, when island rule was dictated by Pisa, later Genoa.
Bastia was founded in 1378 when the Genoese governor Leonello Lomellini left Biguglia Castle to settle in a stronghold in Bastia. This site dominated a fisherman’s navy that was then called Porto cardo (the current Old Port).
