Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle Santa-Maria-Assunta
Pie-d'Orezza, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Santa-Maria-Assunta (cad. A 206) : classement par arrêté du 16 octobre 1992
- Protection dates
- 1992/10/16 : classé MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Pie-d'Orezza
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.37156, 9.35366
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099286
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Chapelle romane qui n'est utilisée que pour la messe de l'Assomption de la Vierge, se terminant par une abside semi-circulaire. Le cul de four conserve, sous un badigeon, des traces de fresques du 15e siècle (Saint-Thomas et Saint-Mathieu).
English translation
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History
Romanesque chapel used only for the Mass of the Assumption of the Virgin, ending in a semi-circular apse. The apse vault retains, under a wash, traces of 15th-century frescoes (Saint Thomas and Saint Matthew).
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle de confrérie Santa-Devotachapelleunder 1 mi
- Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paulégliseunder 1 mi
- Église Sainte-Margueriteégliseunder 1 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Georgeschapelle2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.