Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne chapelle San Lorenzo
Lama, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Ancienne chapelle (cad. A 218) : classement par arrêté du 30 janvier 1995
- Protection dates
- 1995/01/30 : classé MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Lama
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.57965, 9.15305
- Mérimée reference
- PA00135326
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 construite à la fin du 13e siècle. Dès la fin du 15e siècle, elle ne sert plus qu'aux offices funéraires et à la messe de célébration du saint tutélaire. Au 18e siècle, elle tombe en ruines, puis subit des réaffectations successives. Fresques de la fin du 15e ou du début du 16e siècle sur l'arc triomphal et la voûte.
English translation
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History
Chapel built at the end of the 13th century. From the end of the 15th century, it served only for funeral rites and the Mass celebrating the tutelary saint. In the 18th century, it fell into ruin, then underwent successive changes of use. Frescoes of the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century on the triumphal arch and the vault.
Nearby in the register
- Maison Bertolamaison1 mi
- Égliseéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.