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This great house, built at the beginning of the 18th century, was converted many times by the various successors of founder Antonio Barbaggi. The Barbaggi were related to Pascal Paoli by marriage. Thus, this is the house where he stayed during his visits to Bastia.

A vast house dating from the early 18th century and built by Antonio Barbaggi; with nine window bays in width and five floors. In the middle of the 18th century, this house was sumptuously decorated for Giuseppe Barbaggi, Antonio’s son. Giuseppe married Dionisia Paoli, Pascal Paoli’s niece. Paoli, the head of state of independent Corsica stayed there when he was in Bastia. When Corsica became French in 1768-1769, Giuseppe Barbaggi went into exile, and his possessions were confiscated. The house, the outbuildings and the garden were declared to be “the king’s property”. In 1770, the French authorities assigned the casa Barbaggi to the General Director of Fortifications. His staff apartment and offices were settled there. When Corsica became English - from 1794 to 1796- the house was returned to the Barbaggis. In May 1795, Paoli stayed there for the last time. Count Dominque de Rivarola, Giuseppe Barbaggi’s grandson, inherited the house. Born in Bastia in 1774, he was a Navy officer in the service of the king of Piedmont-Sardinia. He was then elected to the House of Representatives from 1824 to 1830. He died in his house in Bastia 1n 1844. The Count ordered arrangements in the house. He ordered the stone portal with the Rivarolas’ coat of arms to be set up. In 1815, Joachim Murat, the former king of Naples, was received in this house, when he visited Bastia. He washed himself in a stone bath which is still extant.

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