What is Porto-Vecchio?
[[File:Blason ville fr Porto-Vecchio (Corse-du-Sud).svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Porto-Vecchio''' ({{lang-co|Porti Vechju}}) is a town and [[Communes of France|commune]] of the [[Corse-du-Sud]] [[Departments of France|department]], on the island of [[Corsica]], in [[France]].Porto-Vecchio is the third largest town in Corsica after [[Bastia]] and [[Ajaccio]].Porto-Vecchio is also a tourism city, tourists come from many countries around the world, in particular from [[Italy]], [[Germany]] or the [[Netherlands]]. Porto-Vecchio has 10,000 inhabitants, 40,000 in the summer. == History and Politics == The town of Porto-Vecchio is also called the ''city of salt'', because this one was built on salt-water [[marshes]] which were drained in order to develop itself. == Food == Corsican [[gastronomy]] is rich and varied. Many of food are seasonal like [[clementines]] or [[citrus]]. Corsica is the only region of France producing this variety of oranges, around 25,000 tonnes per year and 40% of this production comes from Porto-Vecchio or its area. This fruit is very famous for its freshness and the vitamins which it brings. Another fruit very significant in Corsica and in particular in Porto-Vecchio is the [[chestnut]] because they are used in many Corsican dishes, for example, it is used to make [[bread]] or [[crepe]]. A typically Corsican dish is the [[pig]] that is cooked in a lot of version, and that has famous part really good, like: ''coppa'', ''lonzu'' or ''prizuttu'', which one is similar to a [[parma ham]] but the most famous is ''[[figatelli]]'', which is smoked. The most typical cheese is called ''[[brocciu]]''. == Other websites == * [http://www.portovecchio.net Porto-Vecchio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010706112000/http://www.portovecchio.net/ |date=2001-07-06 }}, pictures of Porto-Vecchio {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Communes in Corse-du-Sud]]