Corsica | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-06-27

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica


00:01:58 1 History
00:02:07 1.1 Prehistory and antiquity
00:04:13 1.2 Middle Ages and early-modern era
00:07:39 1.3 Rise and annexation of the Corsican Republic
00:10:18 1.4 19th century
00:14:20 1.5 Modern Corsica
00:17:55 2 Geography
00:19:54 2.1 Major communities
00:20:12 2.2 Climate
00:21:09 3 Ecology
00:21:18 3.1 Zones by altitude
00:23:16 3.2 Zones by region
00:23:25 3.3 Parc Naturel Régional de Corse
00:24:41 3.4 Extinct animals
00:25:46 4 Demographics
00:26:43 4.1 Immigration
00:26:51 5 Culture
00:27:00 5.1 Languages
00:29:19 5.2 Cuisine
00:30:46 5.3 Art
00:30:58 5.4 Sport
00:31:45 6 Administration
00:33:27 7 Economy
00:34:55 8 Transport
00:35:04 8.1 Airports
00:35:47 8.2 Railway
00:36:47 8.3 Seaports
00:37:51 9 Politics
00:41:35 10 See also
00:41:45 11 Notes
00:41:54 12 Bibliography
00:43:18 13 External links



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SUMMARY
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Corsica (,  French: Corse [kɔʁs]; Corsican: [ˈkorsiɡa]; Italian: [ˈkɔrsika]) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is located southeast of the French mainland and west of the Italian Peninsula, with the nearest land mass being the Italian island of Sardinia to the immediate south. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island.While being part of Metropolitan France, Corsica is also designated as a territorial collectivity (collectivité territoriale) by law. As a territorial collectivity, Corsica enjoys a greater degree of autonomy than other French regions; for example, the Corsican Assembly is able to exercise limited executive powers. The island formed a single department until it was split in 1975 into two historical departments: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica), with its regional capital in Ajaccio, the prefecture city of Corse-du-Sud. Bastia, the prefecture city of Haute-Corse, is the second largest settlement in Corsica.  The two departments, and the region of Corsica, merged again into a single territorial collectivity in 2018.
After being ruled by the Republic of Genoa since 1284, Corsica had been briefly an Italian-speaking republic from 1755, until it was officially ceded by the Republic of Genoa to Louis XV as part of a pledge for debts and conquered in 1769. Napoleon Bonaparte was born the same year in Ajaccio, and his ancestral home (Maison Bonaparte) is today a significant visitor attraction and museum. Due to Corsica's historical ties with the Italian peninsula, the island retains many Italian cultural elements to this day: Corsican is recognized as a regional language by the French government.