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Église Saint-Charles

Bastia, Haute-Corse, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. AO 58) : inscription par arrêté du 9 janvier 2007
Protection dates
2007/01/09 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 17e siècle
Dates
1612
Architect or builder
Marchese père Antonio (maître d'oeuvre)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue Jean-Baptiste-de-Caraffa
Commune
Bastia
Département
Haute-Corse
Region
Corse
Country
France
Coordinates
42.69534, 9.44764
Mérimée reference
PA2B000006

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(85 *) Reipublicae Genuensis." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église a été construite à partir de 1612 et appartenait alors au collège des Jésuites. En 1629, poursuite du projet. Après l'expulsion des Jésuites, en 1768, l'église est devenue le siège de la confrérie de San Carlo. C'est un édifice baroque avec façade classique à pilastres sur deux étages, couronnée par un fronton triangulaire. Dans les niches se trouvent les statues de Saint-Ignace de Loyola (1708) et Saint-François-Xavier (1666). Le plan de l'édifice est conforme à celui habituellement employé par les Jésuites et se veut une application des réformes liturgiques issues du Concile de Trente : vaste nef unique conduisant au choeur entièrement occupé par le maître-autel.

English translation

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The church was built from 1612 onwards and then belonged to the Jesuit college. In 1629, the project continued. After the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1768, the church became the seat of the confraternity of San Carlo. It is a baroque building with a classical facade with pilasters on two storeys, crowned by a triangular pediment. In the niches are found the statues of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1708) and Saint Francis Xavier (1666). The plan of the building conforms to that customarily employed by the Jesuits and is intended as an application of the liturgical reforms arising from the Council of Trent: a vast single nave leading to the choir entirely occupied by the high altar.

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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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