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Arro
Arro (; co, Arru, link=no) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, collectivity and island of Corsica. Geography Arro is located some 25 km north by north-east of Ajaccio and 10 km south of Vico. Access to the commune is by the D1 road from Ambiegna in the south passing through the heart of the commune and continuing north to Arbori. The D125 branches off the D1 in the south of the commune and goes north-east through the village then by a tortuous route to join the D4 south of Azzana. The commune is rugged and heavily forested. The river Liamone forms the northern border of the commune flowing west to the Mediterranean. Administration List of Successive Mayors Demography In 2017 the commune had 83 inhabitants. Culture and heritage Civil heritage The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *An old Presbytery (18th century) *A House (11) (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arro Mairie
Arro (; co, Arru, link=no) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, collectivity and island of Corsica. Geography Arro is located some 25 km north by north-east of Ajaccio and 10 km south of Vico. Access to the commune is by the D1 road from Ambiegna in the south passing through the heart of the commune and continuing north to Arbori. The D125 branches off the D1 in the south of the commune and goes north-east through the village then by a tortuous route to join the D4 south of Azzana. The commune is rugged and heavily forested. The river Liamone forms the northern border of the commune flowing west to the Mediterranean. Administration List of Successive Mayors Demography In 2017 the commune had 83 inhabitants. Culture and heritage Civil heritage The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *An old Presbytery (18th century) *A House (11) (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arro Church
Arro (; co, Arru, link=no) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, collectivity and island of Corsica. Geography Arro is located some 25 km north by north-east of Ajaccio and 10 km south of Vico. Access to the commune is by the D1 road from Ambiegna in the south passing through the heart of the commune and continuing north to Arbori. The D125 branches off the D1 in the south of the commune and goes north-east through the village then by a tortuous route to join the D4 south of Azzana. The commune is rugged and heavily forested. The river Liamone forms the northern border of the commune flowing west to the Mediterranean. Administration List of Successive Mayors Demography In 2017 the commune had 83 inhabitants. Culture and heritage Civil heritage The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *An old Presbytery (18th century) *A House (11) (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arro War Memorial
Arro (; co, Arru, link=no) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, collectivity and island of Corsica. Geography Arro is located some 25 km north by north-east of Ajaccio and 10 km south of Vico. Access to the commune is by the D1 road from Ambiegna in the south passing through the heart of the commune and continuing north to Arbori. The D125 branches off the D1 in the south of the commune and goes north-east through the village then by a tortuous route to join the D4 south of Azzana. The commune is rugged and heavily forested. The river Liamone forms the northern border of the commune flowing west to the Mediterranean. Administration List of Successive Mayors Demography In 2017 the commune had 83 inhabitants. Culture and heritage Civil heritage The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *An old Presbytery (18th century) *A House (11) (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corse-du-Sud
Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Haute-Corse on 1 January 2018, forming the single territorial collectivity of Corsica, with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate council. However, even though its administrative powers were ceded to the new territorial collectivity, it continues to remain an administrative department in its own right. In 2019, it had a population of 158,507.Populations légales 2019: 2A Corse-du-Sud INSEE History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical staff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liamone (river)
The Liamone (; co, Liamonu; la, Circidius) river is a river of Corsica, France. The river gave its name to the former French department of Liamone. In antiquity, it bore the Latin name ''Circidius''. Location The length of its course is , entirely within the French department of Corse-du-Sud. It flows through ten ''communes'': Letia, Murzo, Vico, Rosazia, Arbori, Lopigna, Arro, Ambiegna, Coggia and Casaglione. The Liamone has its source on the western slope of Monte Cimatella (), on the territory of the municipality of Letia, at an elevation of . In its upper course, it forms a waterfall (called Piscia) between elevations and . After a course of , it flows into the Gulf of Sagone north of Ajaccio, between the two towns of Coggia and Casaglione. Valley The Liamone gives its name to the Liamone landscape, an area of Corsica. It is the central watershed in this landscape, the others being the Sagone and Liscia rivers. These have created a large alluvial plai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambiegna
Ambiegna is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography Ambiegna is located some 25 km in a direct line north of Ajaccio and 5 km east of Sagone. It can be accessed by the D25 road from Casaglione in the south or by the D1 road from Solane in the south-west both going to the village on the eastern side of the commune. The D1 road continues north to Le Truggia by a tortuous route. The commune is remote and rugged with dense forests. The north-western border of the commune entirely consists of a large river flowing to the west. Neighbouring communes and villages Administration List of Successive Mayors Demography In 2017 the commune had 68 inhabitants. Culture and heritage Civil heritage The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *A Rotary Oil Mill (20th century) *The Marchi family House (1) (1733) *The Marchi family House (2) (1861) *The Defranchi fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, which is the land mass nearest to it. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. , it had a population of 349,465. The island is a territorial collectivity of France. The regional capital is Ajaccio. Although the region is divided into two administrative departments, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, their respective regional and departmental territorial collectivities were merged on 1 January 2018 to form the single territorial collectivity of Corsica. As such, Corsica enjoys a greater degree of autonomy than other French regional collectivities; for example, the Corsican Assembly is permitted to exercise limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbori
Arbori (; co, Arburi) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arborais'' or ''Arboraises'' Geography Arbori is located in a direct line some 12 km south of Marignana and 20 km north of Sarrola-Carcopino. Access to the commune is by the road D1 which runs by a tortuous route north from Sari-d'Orcino through the commune to the village then continues north to Vico. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Mercolaccia and Parapoghiu. The commune is remote, mountainous, and heavily forested although with a small patch of farmland in the centre. The eastern and southern border is formed by the river Liamone, which flows south and then west, from its confluence with the Cruzini. Administration List of Successive Mayors Demography In 2017 the commune had 54 inhabitants. Sites and Monuments *The "Pont de Truja" (Truja Bridge) between Arbori and Lopigna (1809) is regis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasuble
The chasuble () is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian churches that use full vestments, primarily in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. In the Eastern Orthodox Churches and in the Eastern Catholic Churches, the equivalent vestment is the phelonion. "The vestment proper to the priest celebrant at Mass and other sacred actions directly connected with Mass is, unless otherwise indicated, the chasuble, worn over the alb and stole" (''General Instruction of the Roman Missal'', 337). Like the stole, it is normally of the liturgical colour of the Mass being celebrated. Origins The chasuble originated as a sort of conical poncho, called in Latin a paenula or casula or "little house", that was the common outer traveling garment in the late Roman Empire. It was simply a roughly oval piece of cloth, with a round hole in the middle through which to pass the head, that fell below the knees on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Corse-du-Sud Department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision, and typically share responsibilities and property. This way of life is sometimes characterized as an "alternative lifestyle". Intentional communities can be seen as social experiments or communal experiments. The multitude of intentional communities includes collective households, cohousing communities, coliving, ecovillages, monasteries, survivalist retreats, kibbutzim, hutterites, ashrams, and housing cooperatives. History Ashrams are likely the earliest intentional communities founded around 1500 BCE, while Buddhist monasteries appeared around 500 BCE. Pythagoras founded an intellectual vegetarian commune in about 525 BCE in southern Italy. Hundreds of modern intentional communities were formed across Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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