Ancient Rome sent prisoners there to obtain granite for monuments.
See:
RJA Wilson, Ancient Granite Quarries on the Bocche di Bonifacio, in: Classical Marble: Geochemistry, Technology, Trade Trinity Colledge, Univeristy of Dublin, 1988, pp.103-112
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Location:
- France, Bonifacio
- geo:41.361088,9.260582
- Location ± 25-100 m.
Class:
- Workshop or industry
- invisible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=16557
- dare:place=41698
Annotations
île San Bainsu
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Roman villa I century AD.