Rising above Sartène's attractive, lively main square, this granite church houses the 34kg cross and 16kg chain borne by the penitent during Good Friday's Catenacciu procession.
Église Ste-Marie
Southern Corsica
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1. Musée de Préhistoire Corse et d’Archéologie
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