Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne église Saint-Jean
Sorbo-Ocagnano, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Jean (ancienne) (cad. B 448) : inscription par arrêté du 15 juillet 1976
- Protection dates
- 1976/07/15 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 10e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Sorbo-Ocagnano
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.47832, 9.45917
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099250
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Edifiée au 10e siècle, la chapelle est décrite comme à moitié en ruine au 17e siècle. La chapelle est composée d'une nef unique se terminant à l'est par une abside semi-circulaire.
English translation
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History
Built in the 10th century, the chapel is described as half in ruins in the 17th century. The chapel is composed of a single nave ending to the east in a semi-circular apse.
Nearby in the register
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Église paroissiale San Micheleégliseunder 1 mi
- Ancien couvent des Capucinscouvent1 mi
- Église Saint-Andrééglise1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.