Corte No. 3

Main image for Corte No. 3

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view of baptistery and church

Source caption: "Eglise et baptistère San Giovanni [...] vue générale des monuments depuis le Sud" -- the church in the centre of the image, the baptistery on the right
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise et baptistère San Giovanni [...] vue générale des monuments depuis le Sud" -- the church in the centre of the image, the baptistery on the right

view of church exterior - southeast end

Source caption: "Eglise San Giovanni [...] Chevet"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise San Giovanni [...] Chevet"

view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Eglise San Giovanni [...] Vue générale des ruines de l’église depuis l’Ouest"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise San Giovanni [...] Vue générale des ruines de l’église depuis l’Ouest"

INFORMATION

FontID: 24301COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise San Giovanni Battista de Corte
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 32 Saint-Jean, 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: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 5th - 12th century, Early Christian? / Medieval?
Church Notes: 10thC church and 13thC baptistery listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099194]: "L'église (10e siècle) et le baptistère (13e siècle) sont tous deux construits en petites pierres cassées, liées au mortier de chaux. L'édifice présentait un plan basilical à trois nefs, dont il ne subsiste que l'abside. Le baptistère voisin conserve son abside et, prises dans la maçonnerie, ses deux absidioles. Aux abords, le terrain conserve les ruines d'une maison forte du 9e siècle."
Font Notes:
There is a listing of both th echurch and the baptistery in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099194]; it dates the church to the 10th century and the adjacent baptistery to the 13th century; the source qualifies these remains as 'vestiges [...] Ensemble religieux ; site archéologique". The baptistery is adjacent to the church, which would suggest the church never needed a font, except that the baptistery is at least two centuries newer that the present church (the original church believed to have dated to the 5th century is known to have been a baptismal church).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.294028, 9.167222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 17′ 38.5″ N, 9° 10′ 2″ E
UTM: 32T 513785 4682436