Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Tour de Santa-Maria-della-Chiappella
Rogliano, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Les ruines de la tour (cad. D 25) : inscription par arrêté du 8 mars 1991
- Protection dates
- 1991/03/08 : inscrit MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 2e quart 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1548
- Ownership
- propriété publique
- Lieu-dit
- Santa Maria
- Commune
- Rogliano
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.99084, 9.45183
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099277
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 LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid 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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Rôle important dans l'histoire du Cap Corse. Erigée en 1548-1549, cette tour a été remanée plusieurs fois et a subi les assauts de la flotte anglaise en 1793.
English translation
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History
Important role in the history of Cap Corse. Erected in 1548-1549, this tower was altered several times and suffered assaults from the English fleet in 1793.
Nearby in the register
- Église Santa-Maria-della-Chiappellaégliseunder 1 mi
- Grotte de la Cosciagrotte2 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptistechapelle3 mi
- Tour génoiseédifice fortifié3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.