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The arrival at Lumio allows us to admire a beautiful square tower called the Lomellini tower (from the Genoese governor Lomellino) with a sober and elegant architecture rebuilt in the middle of the 20th century on the foundations of the old tower dating from the 16th century which had the particularity of being double. Further north than the tower is an imposing building from the end of the 17th century, named "Carrubu", perhaps because of the ancient presence of carob trees in Lumio (the arcades of the top floor were added in the 20th century). This massive construction was built by the will of the abbot Ignace Colonna de Lecca who, it is said, had discovered the treasure of the last Moorish king to occupy Corsica. The wealthy abbot turned it into a school for the children of the entire region. After the abbot's death, the building became the town hall. In the extension of the Carrubu is an imposing mansion: "u casone Colonna de Leca", easily recognisable with its high crenellated walls. This mansion was the home of the lords of Lumio, the "sgiò", since the 15th century. It has about twenty rooms and a private chapel dedicated to the archangel Saint Michael. In the village square there are two churches: - the church of Saint Mary, the most recent, built in 1825, is flanked by a bell tower erected in 1878. It houses a large organ created in 1830 and originally equipped with more than 600 stops and pipes - the Sant'Antone oratory, which has been home to the brotherhoods since the 16th century Lumiu also has a masterpiece of Romanesque art from the end of the 11th century: the church of San Petru and San Paolu, located in the centre of the present cemetery. This monument was probably built on the ruins of an early Christian sanctuary from the 4th century, as evidenced by the Roman remains found in the vicinity.

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