Ajaccio : Saint-Jean paleochrétien baptistery
Corse-du-SudReference
PA2A000004
Latitude
41.929
Longitude
8.738
Address
6 Rue du Docteur Del Pellegrino 20090 Ajaccio
Construction era
6e siècle
Protection date
2013/02/14 : classé MH
Protection cause
Les vestiges contenus dans la parcelle BP 102, en totalité : classement par arrêté du 14 février 2013
Description
The building is made up of a single wall. The baptistery was built in an uncertain opus. By looking at its structure, we can see that it forms an apse where a baptismal tank is located in the center. Dating from the beginning of the 6th century, it has an original cross -shaped tank which will undergo several modifications. The baptistery was partially destroyed and integrated into a new church at the end of the 6th or early 7th century. The original tank was then replaced by a circular basin. This baptistery was linked to the primitive cathedral whose exact location remains unknown.
