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ÉGLISE SAINT CLEMENT - SAN CLEMENTE
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It comprises the church, the building of the former Sainte-Croix brotherhood, which became the village hall in 1978, and the former presbytery, which is currently rented out. Part of this charming ensemble is bordered by a beautiful perimeter wall clad in Brando stone. Below this perimeter, a new cemetery is currently being laid out.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Clément (protector of boatmen and mariners, but also of animals such as sheep and bulls). Baroque in its decoration, the building offers several centuries of history to attentive visitors. The marble tabernacle dates from the 16th century, the confessionals from the 18th century, and the paintings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. One of these works, now in a very poor state of repair, is by Giovan Battista Moro, an 18th-century island painter. His depiction of "The Holy Family" (1735) is, according to Michel-Edouard Nigaglioni, a specialist in island painting, "a masterpiece of 18th-century Corsican painting". The painting is in the first chapel, on the right as you turn your back on the church choir. The organs were built in 1845. They were in operation until 1955. The bell tower dates from 1890.
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