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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de l'Annonciation, Corte."
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Corte (Corse) - Eglise de l'Annonciation de Corté"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nolme, 2007
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Intérieur de l'église de l'Annonciation, Corte." -- modern font of 1912
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Intérieur de l'église de l'Annonciation, Corte." -- modern font of 1912
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02827COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise de l'Annunciation de Corte
Church Patron Saints: The Annunciation to St. Mary
Church Location: pl. Gaffory, 20250 Corte, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Corse, Corsica / Corse
Directions to Site: Corte is the old capital of Corsica; located at the confluence of the T20, T50, D18 and D39, about 70 km SW of Bastia, on the upper half of the island.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Ajaccio
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic? / Baroque?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: baldaquin font
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099193]: "Eglise construite en 1459 par Monseigneur Ambroise Arrighi d'Omessa, évêque d'Aleria. En 1655, les chapelles du côté ouest sont abattues et remplacées par une nef latérale, enclavant le vieux clocher dans la nouvelle construction. Sous le généralat de Pascal Paoli, l'édifice devint l'église paroissiale de Corte, alors capitale de l'île."
Font Notes:
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Corsican baldaquin font of the 16th-17th century mentioned in Enlart (1902) and Bond (1908). There is also a modern font of 1912 in one of the side chapels.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.304722, 9.149722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 18′ 17″ N, 9° 8′ 59″ E
UTM: 32T 512340 4683621
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902