The Church of the Trinity and San Giovanni (
French: ''Église de la Trinité et de San Giovanni'' or ''Église de la Sainte-Trinité d'Aregno'', "Church of the Holy Trinity of Aregno") is a
Roman Catholic
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* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
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church
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Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
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in
Aregno
Aregno ( co, Aregnu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department on the island of Corsica, France. The village was previously part of the ''piève'' of ''Aregnu'' in the former Genovese province of Balagna.
The inhabitants of the commune are kn ...
,
Corsica. It is a
Romanesque and Pisan-style building and is about higher than the rest of the
commune
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. The church is dedicated to the
Holy Trinity and to
John the Apostle
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.
History
The church dates from the 11th century. In the church's
chapel
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, two murals depicting
Doctors of the Church
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and
Saint George
Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldie ...
slaying the dragon date from 1449 and 1458 respectively. On August 11, 1883, the church was declared a
monument historique (a
national heritage site
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of
France
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).
[ Eglise de la Sainte-Trinité] In 2011, an archaeological evaluation was carried out on the church's
nave
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in favor of a restoration campaign.
Architecture
Like the chapels at
Montegrosso and
Lumio, the chapel is located in the center of the
cemetery
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and is decorated with human and animal figures (including bears, oxen and snakes). One example is in the
pinion in the vertical alignment of the door: it depicts a man removing a thorn from his foot; this is an
allegory of knowledge and is fairly widespread in Romanesque buildings.
Gallery
File:Aregno E1bJPG.jpg, An alternative view of the church
File:Aregno E1aJPG.jpg, A close-up view of the apse
In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an '' exedra''. ...
File:Corse-04813-église de la Sainte-Trinité d'Aregno.jpg, The cemetery
File:Aregno-La Trinite-sculptures.jpg, A close-up view of the frontal sculptures
References
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Churches in Corsica
Monuments historiques of Corsica
Buildings and structures in Haute-Corse