Ortinola is a small hamlet of a few houses clustered around the Saint Roch Chapel (San Roccu). It was sacked and burned in 1563 by the Turks. Right next to the chapel, you can see several beautiful American houses. These large and beautiful houses are numerous in Corsica; they were built by locals who left to seek their fortune in Puerto Rico in the 9th century and then returned to live on the island. Not far from the Mattei house, there is also a magnificent stone residence, like a fortified castle. You can see it via a small path opposite the chapel, but you will only see the top of it as it is protected by a large stone wall. It was General Count Leonetto Cipriani, Consul of Sardinia in San Francisco, Governor General of Romagna, and friend of Victor Emmanuel II, who had this neo-medieval castle built at the end of the 19th century, now restored and called Bellavista Castle.