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Église Notre-Dame de Montserato

Bastia, Haute-Corse, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AV 32) : inscription par arrêté du 24 janvier 1995
Protection dates
1995/01/24 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 18e siècle, 1er quart 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Bastia
Département
Haute-Corse
Region
Corse
Country
France
Coordinates
42.69067, 9.43812
Mérimée reference
PA00135318

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1756 map "Carte de Cassini (c. 1756)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise bâtie fin 18e-début 19e siècle sur l'emplacement d'une ancienne chapelle détruite par les Génois en 1561. L'église abrite une copie de la Scala Santa, privilège d'indulgence plénière octroyé en 1816 par le pape Pie VII. La Scala Santa est la réplique de l'escalier monumental qui donnait accès au prétoire de Ponce Pilate à Jérusalem.

English translation

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Church built late 18th-early 19th century on the site of an old chapel destroyed by the Genoese in 1561. The church houses a copy of the Scala Santa, a privilege of plenary indulgence granted in 1816 by Pope Pius VII. The Scala Santa is a replica of the monumental staircase that gave access to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem.

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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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