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Église Saint-Martin

Patrimonio, Haute-Corse, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Martin : inscription par arrêté du 9 décembre 1939
Protection dates
1939/12/09 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Patrimonio
Département
Haute-Corse
Region
Corse
Country
France
Coordinates
42.70064, 9.36191
Mérimée reference
PA00099226

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(85 *) Reipublicae Genuensis." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise de la fin du 17e siècle, construite sur un plan type extensible à volonté selon les ressources de la population. A l'intérieur, une nef unique est voûtée en berceau, avec pénétration, pour assurer l'ouverture des fenêtres. Au nord et au sud, entre les contreforts, sont ménagées cinq chapelles recouvertes d'un berceau. L'abside est couverte en cul de four. Les murs et les voûtes sont enduits et peints. Présence de pilastres d'ordre corinthien.

English translation

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Church from the end of the 17th century, built on a standard plan extensible at will according to the resources of the population. Inside, a single nave is barrel-vaulted, with penetration, to ensure the opening of windows. On the north and south, between the buttresses, five chapels are provided, covered with a barrel vault. The apse is covered with a cul-de-four. The walls and vaults are rendered and painted. Presence of Corinthian order pilasters.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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