ClasséMonument · protected 1968Ensemble religieux de San GiovanniPhoto: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni · Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.09historic monuments
History of Corte · Monuments historiques
9 historic monuments, 2 classé
Corte has 12 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 88% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. Corte’s oldest monuments date from the 10th century. 6 of Corte’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
9
12 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
7
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
11%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Corte in 6 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
CitadelleClassé
Maison Arrighi de CasanovaInscrit
Chapelle Sainte-CroixInscrit
Église de l'AnnonciationInscrit
Maison dite Palais NationalInscrit+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Corte’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
9 monuments by protection
2 Classé7 Inscrit
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point.
Classé
2 classé monuments in Corte
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséMilitary building · protected 1977CitadellePart of the building is protectedPhoto: User:Amada44 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
7 inscrit monuments in Corte
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1973Église de l'AnnonciationPart of the building is protectedPhoto: robinvanmourik · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1975Maison dite Palais NationalPhoto: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritHouse · protected 1990Maison Arrighi de CasanovaPhoto: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Building · protected 1995Immeuble, 1 cours PaoliPart of the building is protected
Building · protected 1995Immeuble, 2 place GafforiPart of the building is protected
Building · protected 1995Immeuble, 11 rue du Colonel-FeracciPart of the building is protected
How old
How old Corte’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.3
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
3 of 6 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni (10th & 13th c.). 3 monuments have no date on the list.
Age of homes
11% of homes in Corte were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
11%
Before 1919
11%
1919–45
14%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
17%
1991–2005
21%
2006 on
CorteMedian compared French town
11% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
11 people born in Corte before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Théophile de Corte
Jean-Pierre Gaffory
Hyacinthe Arrighi de Casanova
Jean-Marie Arrighi
Joseph Bonaparte
Jean-Thomas Arrighi de Casanova
François-André-Xavier de Gaffory
Louis-Thomas Mariani
Paschal Grousset
Louis Adriani
Antoine Zattara
1650170017501800185019001950
TC
Théophile de Corte1676–1740 · French saint
JB
Joseph Bonaparte1768–1844 · brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain
JT
Jean-Thomas Arrighi de Casanova1778–1853 · French general and diplomat
PG
Paschal Grousset1844–1909 · French politician, journalist, translator and science fiction writer
JP
Jean-Pierre Gaffory1704–1753 · Corsican politician
HA
Hyacinthe Arrighi de Casanova1748–1819 · French politician
JM
Jean-Marie Arrighi1751–1842 · French politician
FA
François-André-Xavier de Gaffory1810–1877 · Roman Catholic bishop
Everyone born in Corte Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Corte has the 4th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,700 to 7,900 residents, by historic monuments.
Corte9
#4 of 41for monuments per resident (12 per 10,000). Most per resident: Pézenas, Thann and Lège-Cap-Ferret.
The median town of these has 1. 13 of the 41 have none.
In brief
Corte in brief
Corte’s oldest monument, Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni, dates from the 10th century. In all there are 9 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Its housing is old: 11% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 88% of compared French towns.
Only 3 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 6 with a date, 3 come from the Middle Ages. Théophile de Corte (1676), Joseph Bonaparte (1768) and Jean-Thomas Arrighi de Casanova (1778) are among the 11 people born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1968 and 1995.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Corte
How many historic monuments are there in Corte?
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Corte: 2 classé and 7 inscrit.
Which monuments in Corte are classé?
2, among them Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni.
How old are the monuments of Corte?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
When were monuments in Corte first protected?
The first in 1968, the latest in 1995.
How old are the homes in Corte?
11% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.