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The lordly towers In the Middle Ages, in a context of important territorial struggles, many towers were built by feudal lords to ensure the defence of their fief. Built approximately between the 13th and 17th centuries, they were generally square in shape and were intended to be inhabited as well as to house a few armed men. The one at i Fundali has four levels. A ground floor made up of vaulted cellars, three living floors and a terrace with machicolations. Around these towers are grouped the peasant dwellings. Further on, the façade of the tower of a Piana still has ironwork in the form of lilies called branchetti. Signs of maritime nobility, in Bastia, these attributes adorned the houses of rich shipowners and made it possible, on festive days, to hang draperies on them. The exploitation of antimony In the second half of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century, Cap-Corse was the subject of significant mining activity. Several veins of antimony were exploited in Luri. On the other bank of the stream, a gallery entrance, now blocked, maintains the memory of this industry in the small hamlet of i Fundali. Boilers, rollers, miners, blacksmiths, several hundred workers were employed in the mine at the height of production. The sorting of the ore was carried out exclusively by women, who were forbidden to enter the gallery. Children were also employed. The mine was reached early in the morning by footpath. The working day lasted from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a break for lunch. The Luri mine consisted of twelve levels at a depth of 220 m and 4000 m of galleries. Its production was about 3000 tons of metal. The ore was transported to the port of Bastia.

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