Le phare de la Madonetta se trouve à l'ouest de Bonifacio en Corse-du-Sud. Il balise l'entrée du goulet de Bonifacio par l'ouest face à la pointe du Timon, à l'est.
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Église Saint-Dominique de Bonifacio is a church in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, southeastern Corsica. It is the largest church on the island.
The church is located within the walls of an old Dominican convent, now defunct, in the western part of the historic center, next to City Hall of Bonifacio. The church was built from the late thirteenth century. The building was classified as a Historic Monument in 1862.
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The King of Aragon's Staircase is a staircase carved into the limestone cliff off Bonifacio on the French island of Corsica. There are 187 steps and the staircase is at a 45-degree incline. The staircase was registered as a Monument historique in 1994 and 2023.
Its name comes from a legend that it was ordered to be built by King Alfonso V of Aragon during his invasion of Corsica in 1420, ostensibly in a single night. It was actually built by Franciscan monks in order to reach drinking water from a well at the bottom.
In 1909, Charles Ferton examined the hypotheses for the construction of the staircase. The Alfonso legend was discarded due to the sheer impossibility of building the staircase in one night, as well as the presence of Genoese guard towers nearby. The 12-metre gap between the last step and the sea also discounts this hypothesis, as well as another one putting forward that it was built for evacuation. There is a lack of written or oral record of these two hypotheses.
Children under 12 who descend and ascend the staircase receive a certificate.
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Bonifacio is a commune in the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the French department of Corse-du-Sud.
Bonifacio is the setting of Guy de Maupassant's short story "A Vendetta".
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Église Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Bonifacio is a Roman Catholic church in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, southeastern Corsica.
The building was classified as a Historic Monument in 1982. It was built in the 12-13th century.