The most colorful, except for the general appearance of the city, the object Bonifacio - urban stronghold with a picturesque cemetery and Aragon stairs going down from the wall to the water. Date of establishment of the fortress goes to hoary antiquity. One thing is certain - the XII century on the hill of Monte Rastelli was already a powerful fortress, which has experienced a lot of unsuccessful assaults. Only in 1554, after nearly a half-year siege, the French were able to capture the fort, which became at that time is simply a pile of rubble, and then carefully restored it, like many caught between the walls at home, which in those days, in general, , and is the city itself. Interestingly, many of the house-fortress were designed so that they can get it only by special ladders, through the top floor, so easy to imagine this kind of assault on the fortifications.