La Trinité (Aregno)
The Romanesque - Pisan Église de la Trinité et de San Giovanni ( French Église de la Sainte-Trinité et de Saint Jean-Baptiste ) is located in the cemetery of Aregno in the north-west of the island of Corsica .
architecture
The unstructured single-nave church building from the 12th century consists of the nave , which is closed with a wide semicircular apse .
The facade with its polychrome masonry is divided into three sections: The lower part with the portal with its console-supported relief arch, which is emphasized by the alternation of layers of red and gray stones, takes up about half the height of the facade. Two small sculptures, a naked man and a woman, flank the arch. Originally the portal was designed without an arch, which is a rarity in the Romanesque architecture of the island. During a restoration in the 19th century, the arch was replaced by today's monolithic lintel.
Above is a field with four blind arcades set on pilasters . The arches are designed in various types of cornice : knotted cords, stylized flowers worked in relief, surrounded by double circles placed side by side, the others in tooth frieze ornamentation and as a bundle of cords. Once inside each arch there was ceramic jewelry. The capital-like supports of the arches are formed by quadrupeds in bas-relief. In the middle above the arcade a small round window opens .
The tympanum along the gable leg a cornice from corbels supported arcades. There is a central double window. Its arch, decorated with cornice, serves as a roof and protects a bas-relief of a fully plastic male figure above intertwined snakes.
The two side walls are divided into seven fields by six narrow pilasters . They extend from the foundation wall to the arcaded cornice. A knotted cord runs under the roof. The archivolts of the windows (located on the north side) have bas-reliefs.
The semicircular apse still has the original roof covering , made of teghie (shingles made from local stones). The only decoration is the cornice formed by a series of arcades.
Interior
In the interior there are probably frescoes from the 15th century by local artists . The doctors of the church Augustine , Gregory , Hieronymus and Ambrosius and the archangel Michael are shown. An inscription says that the work was carried out on May 17, 1458 and commissioned by Chilardus Manuellis of Sant Antonino.
See also
literature
- Geneviève Maracchini-Mazel: Les églises romanes de Corse . Paris 1967
Web links
- Description (Italian, English, French) and pictures on www.itineraromanica.eu
- Description (French) and pictures on www.corse.fr
Coordinates: 42 ° 34 ′ 56.5 " N , 8 ° 53 ′ 51.5" E