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Calvi

Seaport of northwest Corsica, France, 72 km/45 mi north of Ajaccio, in the département of Haute Corse; population (1993 est) 4,900. The town's main industries are tourism and wine. It was founded in 1268, and was an important Genoese stronghold.

During an English bombardment of Calvi in 1794, in the Revolutionary Wars, Horatio Nelson lost his right eye.



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