The City
Sometimes called the “City of cliffs”, Bonifacio initially developed safe from its fortifications. It is thus quite naturally in the upper town that one finds the most vestiges of his thousand-year-old past. Since the port, the Rastello rise then the rise Saint Roch bring the visitor to the drawbridge of the Door of Genoa, built in 1588. There, one penetrates on one level in the secular history of the old city. As soon as crossed the monumental door, one is found on the Place of Weapons, from where one can visit the Bastion of the Standard, dating from XVIe century, the Memorial and the Garden of the Vestiges. In addition to their historical and archaeological interest do not miss their splendid points of view. A passage in the street of the Two Emperors, Charles Quint and Napoleon Bonaparte, is essential then to admire the many aqueducts which overhang the lanes. They were used to collect and forward the rainwater to Cisterna, the essential drinking water reserve in period of seat. To also see, the house of Podestat, the former governor of the city at the time génoise. Several churches, among which Holy Major Marie, Holy Domenica, Holy François or Holy Jean-baptiste testify to the deep piety of the bonifacians, visible especially at the time of the religious processions of the various brotherhoods during the Holy Week. The Staircase of King of Aragon is a curiosity not to be missed. Lastly, at the southern end of the headland, is the marine cemetery, the windmills dating from XIIe century and especially a single panorama with a unspoilable view on the Mouths of Bonifacio and Sardinia just opposite.
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