FRANCE-CORSICA-PAOLI-ANNIVERSARY

Independendist president of the corsican assembly Jean Guy Talamoni (R) and autonomist president of the executive council Gilles Simeoni (L) take part in a ceremony marking the 209th anniversary of the death of Pascal Paoli on February 5, 2016 in Ajaccio , on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. was a Corsican patriot and leader, the president of the Executive Council of the General Diet of the People of Corsica. Paoli designed and wrote the Constitution of the state. Following the French conquest of Corsica in 1768, Paoli oversaw the Corsican resistance. / AFP / Pascal POCHARD-CASABIANCA (Photo credit should read PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA/AFP via Getty Images)