\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \qj\li105\ri105 \f1 \b Calanche de Piana\par
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\b0 Dominating the gulf of Porto, on the Western coast of Corsica, the \i ôCalanchesö\i0 ar
e one of the island's most amazing sights. They consist of cliffs of ocher or red granite, contrasting strongly with the blue of the sea and carved by erosion into a multitude of strange forms that the writer Guy de Maupassant described as follows: \i ôT
hese surprising rocks resemble trees, plants, beasts, monuments, human figures, cowled monks, horned devils, huge birds, a monstrous people, a menagerie of rubber turned into stone by the whim of some extravagant god.ö\par
