Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Oratoire Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Oratoire Saint-Jean-Baptiste (cad. BY 122) : inscription par arrêté du 6 septembre 1985
- Protection dates
- 1985/09/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- oratoire
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1565
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- rue du Roi-de-Rome
- Commune
- Ajaccio
- Département
- Corse-du-Sud
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 41.91782, 8.73827
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099068
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesHistorical map archives, georeferenced via AllmapsIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "Corse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Oratoire édifié en 1565, siège de la confrérie de Saint-Jérôme et Saint-Jean-Baptiste, chargée de l'administration de l'hôpital des pauvres. Plusieurs membres de la famille Bonaparte y furent baptisés. Transformé en salle de bal et de spectacle après la Révolution, il fut rendu au culte après le Concordat. C'est un édifice maniériste dont la façade est scandée de pilastres plats et couronnée d'un fronton triangulaire. Un clocheton surmonte l'édifice au nord. A l'intérieur, la nef est couverte d'une voûte peinte au 19e siècle. Des pilastres plats cannelés scandent les murs latéraux. Le maître-autel, au décor stuqué, est surmonté d'un retable à colonnes, couronné d'un fronton interrompu.
English translation
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History
Oratory built in 1565, seat of the confraternity of Saint-Jerome and Saint-John-the-Baptist, responsible for the administration of the hospital for the poor. Several members of the Bonaparte family were baptised there. Transformed into a ballroom and entertainment venue after the Revolution, it was returned to worship after the Concordat. It is a Mannerist building whose façade is punctuated with flat pilasters and crowned with a triangular pediment. A small bell tower surmounts the building to the north. In the interior, the nave is covered with a vault painted in the 19th century. Flat fluted pilasters punctuate the side walls. The high altar, with stucco decoration, is surmounted by a retable with columns, crowned with an interrupted pediment.
Nearby in the register
- Maison de Napoléon Bonapartemaisonunder 1 mi
- Cathédrale Santa Maria Assunta ou cathédrale Notre-Damecathédraleunder 1 mi
- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Ancien palais épiscopalpalais épiscopalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.