The harbor of Santa Maria features a church, the Chapelle Santa Maria, which was begun in the 6th century AD and rebuilt in the 10th and 12th centuries.
The Genoese Tour de Santa Maria with its feet in the water dates to the 16th century.
Pasquale Paoli utilized the harbor and the towers after 1761 because he could not capture Macinaggio from the Genoese.
He did station his small fleet there and used it to capture the island of Capraia.

On Paoli's return from 21 years of exile in 1790, landing at Macinaggio he is said to have kissed the ground on which he stood and proclaimed that he left a slave but returned a free man.
The words and event are commemorated by a plaque.
Due to the course of history he was able to retain neither the sentiment nor the island residency.

Rogliano has served also as a commercial port and was the chief fishing port of Corsica in 1865.
The harbor of Santa Maria features a church, the Chapelle Santa Maria, which was begun in the 6th century AD and rebuilt in the 10th and 12th centuries. The Genoese Tour de Santa Maria with its feet in the water dates to the 16th century. Pasquale Paoli utilized the harbor and the towers after 1761 because he could not capture Macinaggio from the Genoese. He did station his small fleet there and used it to capture the island of Capraia.
On Paoli's return from 21 years of exile in 1790, landing at Macinaggio he is said to have kissed the ground on which he stood and proclaimed that he left a slave but returned a free man. The words and event are commemorated by a plaque. Due to the course of history he was able to retain neither the sentiment nor the island residency.
Rogliano has served also as a commercial port and was the chief fishing port of Corsica in 1865.
Rogliano, Haute-Corse