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Maison Charles de Rocca Serra

Sartène, Corse-du-Sud, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades, la toiture et l'escalier d'honneur extérieur (cad. I 142) : inscription par arrêté du 7 avril 2014
Protection dates
2014/07/04 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Sartène
Département
Corse-du-Sud
Region
Corse
Country
France
Coordinates
41.62014, 8.97195
Mérimée reference
PA2A000013

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1838 map "Corsica" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Imaginée pour le père et l'oncle du commanditaire, cette maison illustre la réussite de Charles de Rocca-Serra, conseiller khédival au Caire dans les années 1880-1890. Conçue sur le modèle des palazzi toscans, cette maison de notable présente une belle symètrie et un escalier d'honneur à double volée.

English translation

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Imagined for the father and uncle of the person who commissioned it, this house illustrates the success of Charles de Rocca-Serra, Khedival counsellor in Cairo in the 1880s-1890s. Conceived on the model of Tuscan palazzi, this house of a notable presents fine symmetry and a grand staircase with double flight.

Nearby in the register

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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