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In the past, Corte was surrounded by agricultural land. Cereal fields, vegetable gardens, olive groves, vineyards and pastures surrounded what is now known as the old town and provided most of the food for the people of Corten. Although it is no longer cultivated today, the territory that stretches from the hamlet of Bagna, through Baliri, to the Scaravaglie, remains one of the only areas not nibbled away by urban expansion. A curious eye can spot the vestiges of a distant universe: agricultural terraces, fence walls, gutters and various dry-stone installations, hidden under a luxuriant vegetation. The waters of the Tavignanu The vegetable gardens of Baliri and Bagna were once irrigated using water taken from the Tavignanu at Lavu di a matra. A small diversion structure was built in this lake, which was used in summer by generations of Cortenais. Partially visible today, an irrigation canal (a piova) allowed water to be transported by gravity over several kilometres to the gardens. It was maintained and cleaned every year. In Baliri, there is also another water diversion channel. This was used to transport water to the water mills located downstream, at the Ponte Vechju. The conduit, built of ashlar or simply dug into the ground, can still be seen along the path that runs alongside the river. The disappeared district of Castellacce From the Baliri area, a view opens up on the western side of the citadel. The enclosure corresponds to the bastioned fortifications built from 1769 onwards by the French troops, including the Castellacce quarter. When the French arrived, 600 people lived there. For the army, the presence of this district was a real inconvenience. It made it difficult for the troops to move around the bastion; the numerous accesses built under the houses weakened the defence of the citadel on the Tavignanu side; finally, the garrison feared the hostility of the inhabitants. For all these reasons, from 1771 onwards, the army increased the pressure, forcing the inhabitants to leave the place. However, it was not until the middle of the 19th century that the Castellacce were completely destroyed and new ramparts were built.

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