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Monument commémoratif de Sampiero Corso
Bastelica, Corse-du-Sud, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Le monument commémoratif (cad. AB 139) : inscription par arrêté du 8 février 2008
- Protection dates
- 2008/02/08 : inscrit MH
- Type
- monument
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1890
- Architect or builder
- Vital-Dubray (sculpteur), Maglioli Barthélémy (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Bastelica
- Département
- Corse-du-Sud
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.00088, 9.04982
- Mérimée reference
- PA2A000002
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 1838 map "Corsica" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Monument à la mémoire de Sampiero Corso (1498-1567) , héros corse des luttes contre le pouvoir génois. Inaugurée en 1890, la statue en bronze a été réalisée par le sculpteur Vital-Gabriel Dubray. Haute de 3, 50m, elle se dresse sur un piédestal en granit de 7m, comportant trois bas-reliefs relatifs à la vie du héros : le siège de Perpignan, la bataille de Tenda, l'assassinat. Ce monument est représentatif de la statuaire commémorative de la seconde moitié du 19e siècle.
English translation
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History
Monument to the memory of Sampiero Corso (1498-1567), Corsican hero of the struggles against Genoese power. Inaugurated in 1890, the bronze statue was created by sculptor Vital-Gabriel Dubray. Standing 3.50m high, it rises on a granite pedestal of 7m, featuring three bas-reliefs relating to the hero's life: the siege of Perpignan, the battle of Tenda, the assassination. This monument is representative of commemorative statuary of the second half of the 19th century.