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At an altitude of 800 metres, Bastelica (Basterga) is the highest village in the Prunelli valley. It is also one of the largest on the island. The community has always had an agropastoral vocation. It was the families of shepherds who founded the village that we know today around the medieval chapel of San Michele and the convent of Saint Francis, in the squares where village assemblies, markets and other festivities were held. The village is made up of five amphitheatrical districts: Dominicacci, Tricolacci, Santu, Costa and Stazzona and the district of Vassalacci located on the left bank of the Prunelli river. Further down the valley, the commune also has three outlying hamlets: Zipitoli, Vignola and Radicale. Since the 19th century, Bastelica has known a period of great demographic and economic prosperity. The landscape and the architecture today bear witness to this important economic activity, which was focused on livestock breeding, castaneiculture or other activities such as apple growing or the ice cream trade. The "Minucaccia According to legend, the village was founded around the year 1000. At that time, the houses were scattered around the chapel of Sant'Agostino located on the road leading to the Col de la Scallella. The inhabitants quarrelled and men were killed during the patronal feast. According to tradition, "they killed each other for a needle without an eye". This disastrous episode has remained in the collective memory under the name of "a Minucaccia". Afterwards, the inhabitants would have gone further down the valley to found the present village, around the chapel of Saint Michel. To the glory of Sampiero A mythical character reputed to be one of the greatest warriors of the 16th century, Sampiero Corso di Bastelica, an ally of France, was a fierce enemy of the Genoese when the island was under the rule of the Serenissima Republic of Genoa. Erected thanks to a subscription, his statue was inaugurated on 21 September 1890, in the presence of the then President of the Republic, Sadi-Carnot. Sampiero is represented in combat, sword and coat of arms in hand. This is decorated with the lion of the Guelphs, symbol of the supporters of the papacy, also present on the chapel of the Annunziata in the Dominicacci district. The pedestal and the statue measure over 10 metres. Three bronze bas-reliefs represent: the first, the siege of Perpignan, where the Dauphin gave Sampiero the great cord he wore around his neck; the second, the battle of Tenda and the third, Sampiero's death. The fourth side of the monument contains the commemorative bronze plaque bearing the names of the various personalities who inaugurated the statue. Underneath it is engraved all the battles in which Sampiero Corso participated.

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