The historical town of Sartene is situated in south-west Corsica between Porto-Vecchio (to the east) and Ajaccio (to the north-west). Between the sea and the mountains, it refers to itself as 'the most Corsican of the towns in Corsica'.
Although the region has been occupied since prehistoric times Sartene itself dates from the early 16th century, followed shortly after by the construction of the fortifications. Unfortunately the fortifications were not entirely successful and in 1583 the king of Algeria breached the defences and took much of the population for slavery.
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