San-Martino-di-Lota

San-Martino-di-Lota is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Corse and the Corsica area . Its inhabitants is San-Martinois.

Geography

San-Martino-di-Lota is a commune of the agglomeration Bastia ise. Included/understood between Santa-Maria-di-Lota and City-di-Pietrabugno on the southern Eastern coast of the Corsica Cape, its territory goes down from Assembles Pinatella (964 m) in the west and of the point of Guaitella (675 m) in the south, territory which the watershed separates from Farinole. The commune occupies the valley of Grisgione, brook resulting from two rus upstream (Milaja and Fornelli), as well as southern bank of Miomu.

Navy

The picturesque D80 road crosses, of north in the south, the marines of Grisgione and Petranera . These primarily residential hamlets present each one some old houses, old a turn génoise ruined and a pebble beach. Their modern habitat expanding in fact of the suburbs distant from Bastia.

Hamlets

The nine hamlets of peak are served by the RD31 which curves of Ville to Santa-Maria, some communal roads, as well as the RD131 which connects Petranera to the collar of Anetu. In these villages of character sometimes old houses with the roofs of roofing stone are, old furnaces, laundrettes and fountains. Some of them:

Aqualta : this village-center extends around the neo-classic church Saint Martin's day, built with the site of a fort and a vault of the 13th century and comprising an imposing nave, a marble Virgin, a gate vault of Marqueterie the 17th century and a bell-tower on two floors;
Cagninacci : contains a restored castle, which occupies the site of an old convent of Capucin S (17th century) and the old church Our-Lady-of-Angels of the convent (17th century, classified historic building);
Canale ;
Mola ;
Mucchiete : shelter a parish church baroque.

Economy and local life

The resources of the commune are primarily agricultural (olive-tree S, Châtaignier S).

The parish fair takes place the November 11th (holy Martin). At the time of the Holy Week, one witnesses many ceremonies. The Maundy Thursday is devoted to the clothes industry of fùgacce (cakes) and the following day, Good Friday, a procession makes it tower of the pieve of Lota with religious objects made in palm S. the braiding of the Palms of the Branches is in particular very active with the brotherhood Holy-Cross, where it remains since the 14th century, and of many objects of palm (cross, fish and others) remain exposed in the Saint Martin's day church.

Administration

Demography

Personalities related to the commune

Marcucci : poet of the 19th century.
François Coli: the family of this aviator was originating in San-Martino-di-Lota.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the writer and aviator, remained there and it was its last residence before the flight of 1944, since the aerodrome of Borgo, during which it disappeared.

See too

Common of the Haute-Corse

External bonds

San-Martino-di-Lota on the site of the national geographical Institute
San-Martino-di-Lota on the site of INSEE
San-Martino-di-Lota on the site of Plane Quid
of San-Martino-di-Lota on Mapquest

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