Bonifacio, a thousand-year-old city and rudder of Corsica From the top of her cliffs, the most southern city in Corsica tells a thousand years of History. An exceptional city as well as her background as her geography which defy the immigration laws. Settled on a natural promontory, the old city faces the very close Sardinia Island ;she overhangs the so-called « Bouches of Bonifacio » from the high limestone cliffs.