Le Gouvernail The Rudder - Corsica, France Royalty-Free Stock Image

Built in 1880 by French military engineers, the rudder was a surveillance site for the entrance to the port and the entire Strait of Bonifacio. During the Second World War, the occupying armies - Italians and Germans - made improvements to it, digging underground and equipping the site with a generator and a powerful projector with a range of eight to ten kilometres capable of `` light up the sea to the coasts of Sardinia. The tunnel of 168 steps therefore leads to a block house located ten meters above sea level. The passage leads to a huge rock detached from the cliff and to a muzzle at the time equipped with six 190 mm cannons ready to fire in the event of intrusion of enemy ships. Fishermen have dubbed this site `the rudder of Corsica` because of its shape. The view overlooks Sardinia.