\b0 In the distance, looking toward the land, the mountain with its often snow-clad peaks; on the edge o
f the sea, a majestic roadstead that dominates a rocky promontory topped by a grim stronghold. This is Calvi, whose site has been occupied by Phoenicians and Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. Becoming a Genoese possession in the thirteenth century, it claims
- as do other cities - the glory of being the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, and one its squares still bears his name.\par
