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Historians and linguists have not confirmed a definitive origin for the name Ajaccio. A prestigious theory suggests the Greek hero Ajax founded the settlement, while other scholars point to the Tuscan word agghiacciu meaning sheep pens.
Work began on rebuilding the town on the 21st of April 1492 south of the Christian village by the Bank of Saint George. Cristoforo of Gandini arrived as an architect to construct the new settlement starting with a castle on Capo di Bolo.
Napoleon and his mother Laetitia fled by ship in June 1793 because Paolists combined with royalists defeated French troops in two pitched battles. They landed in Toulon with only Napoleon's pay for support after their estate burned down before returning to Ajaccio in 1811.
Eighty-five percent of all dwellings were built after 1949 according to urban studies from 2000. The city now displays very large areas of low-rise buildings mixed with concrete towers on elevated heights like Les Jardins de l'Empereur.
On the 9th of September 1943 the people of Ajaccio rose up against Nazi occupiers in a decisive uprising. This event made Ajaccio the first French town liberated from German domination during World War II.