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Corsica
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Corsica, a Region of France, is a mountainous island in the Mediterranean Sea. it is located southeast of Nice and just north of the Italian island of Sardinia. - AsNotedIn
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Corsica| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
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| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
| Ajaccio | City |
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| Monte Padru National Park | Mountainous | ||
| Piana | Village | ||
| Regional Natural Park of Corsica | Natural Environ |
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| Restonica Gorges | Canyon, Gorge | ||
| Walk the GR 20, Corsica | Hike |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1926/03/00 | Robert Oppenheimer | Reader | During a bicycling trip through Corsica, Robert Oppenheimer reads "La Recherche du Temps Perdu", a book that relieves him from his long battle with depression. | In Search of Lost Time (book) |
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| Particulars for Corsica: | |
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| Physiographic feature | Island |
| Locale type | Region of France |
Creative Works »
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| A Corsican Story (Short Story) | Short Story |
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Guy de Maupassant | |
| A Page of Unpublished History (history essay) | Essay |
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Guy de Maupassant | |
| A Vendetta (Short Story) | Short Story | Guy de Maupassant | ||
| An Account of Corsica (book) | Travelogue |
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James Boswell | |
| Happiness (Guy de Maupassant short story) | Short Story |
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Guy de Maupassant | Five years ago, I took a trip to Corsica. This wild island is more unknown and more distant to us than America, even though you can see it sometimes from the coasts of France, like today. |
| Mateo Falcone (short story) | Short Story | Prosper Merimee | After a 3-hour journey along winding paths obstructed by great masses of rock, and broken by ravines, you come to the edge of a maquis. This is the home of the Corsican shepherds, and of those who have fallen foul of the law. | |
| The Corsican Bandit (Short Story) | Short Story |
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Guy de Maupassant | |
| The World's End (short story) | Short Story |
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Agatha Christie | Enjoy a drive out to the village of Coti-Chiavari. |