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The Governors' Palace is currently located on the site of a fortification "the Bastia" which was built in 1380 and later gave its name to the city.

The original structure was founded by the Genoese governor Leonello Lomellini as early as 1380. It was a fortified building, "la Bastia", which gave its name to the town. The present structure, of vast size, was begun by the governor Raffaello Grimaldi in 1448. It was completed in 1521 by the governor Andrea Spinola. In addition to the governor’s private apartments, the Palace housed public court-rooms, a court of justice, offices or registry, three chapels ( to be used by the governor, the soldiers, the prisoners), the state prison, barracks of German soldiers –the governor’s personal guards. In 1768, when the last Genoese governor left Bastia, the Palace lost its official status. It was then made the seat of the "Superior Council of the Island of Corsica". Under the Revolution, it housed the Directoire du Département. From 1791 to 1948, the building was used as army barracks. One corner of the inner square, destroyed by a time bomb, was rebuilt in 2008 in a contemporary style. The Genoese Governors’ Palace which has housed the Museum of Bastia since 1952 was listed as a Historical Monument in 1977. This Museum of Art and History offers a permanent thematic visit. The main themes are: urban planning, the intellectual and artistic wealth of the city, and its political, social and economic impact.

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