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Maison Philippe de Rocca Serra

Sartène, Corse-du-Sud, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La maison en totalité (cad. I 294) : inscription par arrêté du 7 avril 2014
Protection dates
2014/04/07 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1885
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Sartène
Département
Corse-du-Sud
Region
Corse
Country
France
Coordinates
41.62147, 8.97305
Mérimée reference
PA2A000014

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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

Achevée en 1885, la demeure de Philippe de Rocca-Serra est une des rares grandes maisons de notables de Corse à posséder cette apparence d'hôtel particulier caractéristique d'une certaine architecture domestique en vogue au 19e siècle. L'hôtel particulier s'impose comme la représentation d'une certaine élite et se démarque tant par le raffinement de ses formes que par celui des décors et matériaux utilisés. Décoré dans le style Second Empire, il traduit l'attachement politique de ses commanditaires à Napoléon III.

English translation

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Completed in 1885, the residence of Philippe de Rocca-Serra is one of the rare grand houses of Corsican notables to possess this appearance of a hôtel particulier characteristic of a certain domestic architecture in vogue in the 19th century. The hôtel particulier established itself as the representation of a certain elite and stands out both for the refinement of its forms and that of the decorations and materials used. Decorated in the Second Empire style, it reflects the political attachment of its patrons to Napoleon III.

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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