Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Tox, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise paroissiale (cad. C 209) : inscription par arrêté du 2 novembre 1976
- Protection dates
- 1976/11/02 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Tox
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.25090, 9.43018
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099253
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1647 map "Stato della Chiesa con la Toscana" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Cette église a remplacé un édifice primitif d'époque romane. Des dalles médiévales ont été réutilisées dans les maçonneries. L'ensemble du bâtiment se compose actuellement d'une nef principale, d'un campanile et d'une chapelle de confrérie annexe.
English translation
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History
This church replaced a primitive building of Romanesque period. Medieval slabs were reused in the masonry. The entire building currently consists of a main nave, a bell tower and an attached confraternity chapel.