San Pancrazio (Castellare-di-Casinca)
The Romanesque church of San Pancrazio is located in the Castagniccia in the northeast of the island of Corsica above the road N198 and belongs to the municipality of Castellare-di-Casinca .
The nave of San Pancrazio ends in three apses in the east . The central apse is both larger and higher than the others. All have wooden shingles (kors. Teghie called) covered. The ship has a covered with wooden beams building the abnormal width of 11 m. For such dimensions it was not easy to get timber. It is believed that the church was built in the second half of the 9th and continued construction towards the end of the 9th or beginning of the 10th century. The art-historically interesting, single-nave church is the only one in this architecture that has been preserved in Corsica. There is a very small bell gable on the western front .
See also
literature
- Wolfgang Kathe: Corsica. Verlag Peter Rump GmbH, 2004, ISBN 3831712336
Coordinates: 42 ° 28 ′ 13 ″ N , 9 ° 29 ′ 9 ″ E