French Cathedrals & Churches
Corsica
Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
Roll over each image for a description and click for a larger view.
Ajaccio Cathedral
West front (1554-93)
Nave looking east (1554-93)
Dome at crossing (1554-93)
Bastia, St-Jean-Baptiste
St-Jean-Baptiste (1636-66) from Vieux Port
Organ at west end (1742)
South nave elevation (mid-17th c., decorated 18th c.)
Calvi Cathedral
Cathédrale St-Jean Baptiste (1570) from southwest
Nave looking east (1570)
Pulpit (1757)
Mariana, San Parteo
Two lions & palm above south portal (11th-12th c.)
Apse with arcading & stone sculpture (11th-12th c.)
Patrimonio
St-Martin (16th c.); bell tower (early 19th c.)
Vescovato, St-Martin
West front with Classical pediments (18th c.; church enlarged, c. 1440)
Tabernacle (Genoese, 1441) on high altar
Ajaccio, St-Roch
Neo-Classical façade (after 1885-1923)
East end rose window (Gabriel Loire, 1956)
Bastia, Chapelle Ste-Croix
Interior looking east (1543, decorated 18th c.)
'Christ of the Miracles' (found 1428), south side chapel
Bastia, Cathédrale Ste-Marie
Nave looking east (1604-19, restored 1938)
High altar (17th c.)
Cervione, St-Érasme
West front (1714-45)
Nave looking east (1714-45, decorated 1828)
Mariana, La Canonica
Archivolt with animals & lintel with geometric bands above west front portal (1119)
South exterior & apse from southeast (1119)
Le Nebbio, Santa Maria Assunta
West front blind arcades & south exterior with Lombard bands (early 12th c.)
West front portal (early 12th c.)
San Nicolao
"Église San Nicolao (17th c.)
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