{"id":1045,"date":"2020-05-08T05:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T18:57:48","slug":"ajaccio-corsica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"Ajaccio, Corsica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10226\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ajaccio-Corsica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ajaccio-Corsica.jpg\" alt=\"Ajaccio, Corsica\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10226\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ajaccio, Corsica<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Corsica, France is located in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Italy, southeast of France and north of Sardinia.  Corsica is a territorial collectivity of France by law, as such has powers slightly higher than other French regions.  The city of Ajaccio, Corsica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital and the birthplace of Napol\u00c3\u00a9on Bonaparte, is as beautiful as it is filled with history.  The downtown area is filled with chic boutiques and shops as would be found in Paris.  The cobblestone streets are filled with palm trees and outdoor cafes which compliment the relaxed Mediterranean atmosphere.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10227\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Napoleon-Bonaparte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Napoleon-Bonaparte.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of Napoleon-Bonaparte\" width=\"175\" height=\"176\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Napoleon-Bonaparte.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Napoleon-Bonaparte-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue of Napoleon-Bonaparte<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The visitor to Ajaccio is pleasantly reminded that they are visiting the city of Napol\u00c3\u00a9on Bonaparte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birth by the numerous statues and historic sites.  The main street in Ajaccio is Cours Napol\u00c3\u00a9on.   The Ajaccio Cathedral with its Venetian Renaissance style was the site of Napol\u00c3\u00a9on Bonaparte baptismal, his marble baptismal font is located in the Cathedral.  The drive along the coast with the view of The Archipelago Iles Sanguinaires is amazing.  Corsica is very mountainous along with having more than 200 beaches to its credit.<\/p>\n<p><center>Corsica can be described in one word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stunning\u00e2\u20ac\u009d!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10228\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Archipelago-Iles-Sanguinaires.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Archipelago-Iles-Sanguinaires.jpg\" alt=\"The Archipelago Iles Sanguinaires\" width=\"340\" height=\"100\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Archipelago-Iles-Sanguinaires.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Archipelago-Iles-Sanguinaires-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Archipelago Iles Sanguinaires<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corsica, France is located in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Italy, southeast of France and north of Sardinia. Corsica is a territorial collectivity of France by law, as such has powers slightly higher than other French regions. The city of Ajaccio, Corsica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital and the birthplace of Napol\u00c3\u00a9on Bonaparte, is as beautiful as it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,327,87],"tags":[623,624,75],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-travel","category-scenic-views","category-vacation-ideas","tag-ajaccio","tag-ajaccio-corsica","tag-corsica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14461,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/14461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenicrunway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}