Ajaccios is a commune and Corsica’s capital region and the prefecture of the Corse-du-Sude department. Located on Corsica’s west coast 390 kilometers of southeastern Marseille, Ajaccio sits in a sheltered nook at the base of wooded hills in the north shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio. On the east lies the harbor of the site of the foundation at the original citadel on a hill which overlooks a peninsula protecting the southern harbor. This is where the Quai de la Citadelle and the Jettee de la Citadelle are located.

Ajaccios not only encompasses the entire harbor but also takes up a good part of the Gulf of Ajaccio and extends its suburban communitie up for miles until the Gravona River valley. The house in which Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 is preserved and his associations with the town are found everywhere in street signs and statues. The town is home to the Ajaccio Cathedral and Genoese towers. Genoese towers include the Torra di Capu de Fenu, Torra di a Parata and Torra di Casttelluchju in the lles Sanguinaires archipel.