Chapelle Imperiale - The Imperial Chapel, Ajaccio, Corsica
Forming the right wing of Palazzo(Musee) Fesch, this Chapel classified as a historical monument, was blessed on 09/09/1860. It owes its edification to Napoleon III who honoured the testamentary clauses of Cardinal Fesch whose vow was to gather in a single holy place for the burials of the Bonaparte family. It was erected under the second Empire between 1857 and 1859 in limestone of Saint-Florent, on the plans of Alexis Paccard, architect of the Crown. The crypt shelters the tombs of Cardinal Fesch, Charles and Laetitia Bonaparte, relatives of Napoleon, and those of other members of the Imperial family. These details and more can be found at www.ajaccio.fr/La-Chapelle-Imperiale_a353.html.
Photo taken on 27/07/2016. © Peter Steel 2016.
Chapelle Imperiale - The Imperial Chapel, Ajaccio, Corsica
Forming the right wing of Palazzo(Musee) Fesch, this Chapel classified as a historical monument, was blessed on 09/09/1860. It owes its edification to Napoleon III who honoured the testamentary clauses of Cardinal Fesch whose vow was to gather in a single holy place for the burials of the Bonaparte family. It was erected under the second Empire between 1857 and 1859 in limestone of Saint-Florent, on the plans of Alexis Paccard, architect of the Crown. The crypt shelters the tombs of Cardinal Fesch, Charles and Laetitia Bonaparte, relatives of Napoleon, and those of other members of the Imperial family. These details and more can be found at www.ajaccio.fr/La-Chapelle-Imperiale_a353.html.
Photo taken on 27/07/2016. © Peter Steel 2016.