Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 210 m. Ajaccio Gay Cruises. southeast of Marseille. Ajaccio Gay Cruises. It occupies a sheltered position at the foot of wooded hills on the northern shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio. Ajaccio Gay Cruises. The harbour lies to the east of the town and is protected on the south by a peninsula. Ajaccio Gay Cruises.
The present town of Ajaccio lies about two miles to the south of its original site, from which it was transferred by the Genoese in 1492. Ajaccio Gay Cruises. Occupied from 1553 to 1559 by the French, it again fell to the Genoese after the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis in the latter year. Ajaccio Gay Cruises. The town finally passed to the French in 1768. Ajaccio Gay Cruises.
