Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-André
Oletta, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise paroissiale Saint-André (cad. D 325) : classement par arrêté du 19 mars 1979
- Protection dates
- 1979/03/19 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 18e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1777, 1810
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Oletta
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.63340, 9.35512
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099223
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IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1756 map "Carte de Cassini (c. 1756)" (IGN France — Géoportail).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La construction de l'église a commencé en 1777, et a réutilisé des pierres vertes provenant de la démolition de l'ancien édifice. La façade principale s'ouvre par une porte encadrée de deux niches concaves comprises entre deux contreforts. Au-dessus de la porte, pris dans la maçonnerie, se trouve un tympan semi-circulaire, décoré d'une sculpture traitée en plat relief provenant de Sant'Andrea Vecchio. Ce premier niveau est surmonté d'un fronton triangulaire coiffé par deux tours-clochers. L'intérieur de style baroque comprend une nef et des chapelles latérales. Le plafond et le choeur sont ornés de fresques.
English translation
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History
The construction of the church began in 1777, and reused green stones from the demolition of the old building. The main façade opens with a door framed by two concave niches comprised between two buttresses. Above the door, set in the masonry, is found a semi-circular tympanum, decorated with a sculpture treated in flat relief coming from Sant'Andrea Vecchio. This first level is surmounted by a triangular pediment topped by two bell towers. The interior of baroque style comprises a nave and lateral chapels. The ceiling and the choir are adorned with frescoes.
Nearby in the register
- Ancien couvent Saint-Francoiscouventunder 1 mi
- Chapelle Sainte-Croixchapelleunder 1 mi
- Château de Tudachâteau2 mi
- Ancienne chapelle San-Quilicochapelle2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.