Holy Trinity Church, Ajaccio
Anglican Church, officially the Holy Trinity Church of Ajaccio (French:''Église de la Sainte-Trinité d'Ajaccio'') is located in the "Quartier des étrangers" in Ajaccio, Corsica. History The church opened for worship in 1878, thanks to Miss Thomasina Campbell, to serve as a place of worship for tourists from Britain to indulge their faith freely and between people of the same faith. In the 19th century the city was very popular with tourists, especially the British. The church was built of local granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies un .... The church no longer fulfils its original role, but is the property of Ajaccio; it is now the place of the national school of music. References {{reflist Ajaccio Buildings and structures in Corse-du-Sud Churches in Corsica ...
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Ajaccio
Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the '' Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). It is also the largest settlement on the island. Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, southeast of Marseille. The original city went into decline in the Middle Ages, but began to prosper again after the Genoese built a citadel in 1492, to the south of the earlier settlement. After the Corsican Republic was declared in 1755, the Genoese continued to hold several citadels, including Ajaccio, until the French took control of the island. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Ajacciens'' (men) or ''Ajacciennes'' (women). The most famous of these is Napoleon Bonaparte, who was born in Ajaccio in 1769, and whose ancestral home, the Maison Bonaparte, is now a museum. Other dedications to him in the city inc ...
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