The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_Mortella" class="extiw" title="en:Tour de Mortella">Tour de Mortella</a> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoese_towers_in_Corsica" class="extiw" title="en:Genoese towers in Corsica">Genoese tower</a> on the west coast of the French island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica" class="extiw" title="en:Corsica">Corsica</a>. It is located near the Punta Mortella (Myrtle Point) in the commune of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Florent,_Haute-Corse" class="extiw" title="en:Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse">Saint-Florent</a>. The tower served as an inspiration for the numerous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martello_tower" class="extiw" title="en:Martello tower">Martello towers</a> built by the British in the first half of the 19th century. The artist 'DCF' has not been identified. He was probably an army officer of the British force under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dundas_(British_Army_officer)" class="extiw" title="en:David Dundas (British Army officer)">General David Dundas</a> that captured the tower in February 1794.
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