Editing Ajaccio (section)

==Religious heritage==
[[File:Ajaccio cathedrale barque.jpg|thumb|[[Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption d'Ajaccio|Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption]]]]

The town is the seat of a bishopric dating at least from the 7th century. It has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, training colleges, a communal college, a museum and a library; the three latter are established in the Palais Fesch, founded by [[Cardinal Fesch]], who was born at Ajaccio in 1763.<ref name="EB1911"/>

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
*The former '''Episcopal Palace''' at 24 Rue Bonaparte (1622){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00099070|PA00099070 Episcopal Palace}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''[[Oratory (worship)|Oratory]] of Saint Roch''' at Rue Cardinal-Fesch (1599){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00099069|PA00099069 Oratory of Saint Roch}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Chapel of Saint Erasme or Sant'Erasmu''' at 22 Rue Forcioli-Conti (17th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00099061|PA00099061 Chapel of Saint Erasme or Sant'Erasmu}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''[[Oratory (worship)|Oratory]] of Saint John the Baptist''' at Rue du Roi-de-Dome (1565){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00099068|PA00099068 Oratory of Saint John the Baptist}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''[[Ajaccio Cathedral|Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta]]''' at Rue Saint-Charles (1582){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00099058|PA00099058 Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> from the [[Renaissance]] which depended on the [[diocese of Ajaccio]] and where Napoleon was baptized with its organ from Cavaillé-Coll.<ref>[http://orgue.free.fr/ Ajaccio Cathedral, Organ of the Cathedral of Cavaillé-Coll] (1849) - Cicchero (1997) {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Chapel of the Greeks''' on the Route des Sanguiunaires (1619){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00099059|PA00099059 Chapel of the Greeks}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref>
*The Early Christian '''Baptistery of Saint John''' (6th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA2A000004|PA2A000004 Baptistery of Saint John}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Imperial Chapel''' (1857){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00099060|PA00099060 Imperial Chapel}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> houses the graves of Napoleon's parents and his brothers and sisters.

[[File:Chiesa di Saint-Roch ad Ajaccio.jpg|thumb|Church of Saint-Roch, on the ''Cours Napoléon'']]
;Other religious sites of interest
*The '''Church of Saint Roch''', [[Neoclassical architecture]] by Ajaccien project architect Barthélémy Maglioli (1885)