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San Parteo Church or San Perteo Church (french: Chapelle de San-Parteo) is a 
The edifice dates to the 11th and 12th century. It takes its name from the fifth century San Parteo, a saint of regional renown. San Parteo Church lies near the Roman town of
Pisa
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n- Romanesque church located in Corsica
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, France
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. It is a listed historical monument
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since 1886. Chapelle de San-Perteo
The edifice dates to the 11th and 12th century. It takes its name from the fifth century San Parteo, a saint of regional renown. San Parteo Church lies near the Roman town of Mariana
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, about to the west of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta (''La Canonica'').
The church is described as having a "grandly sober style". It is built over a pagan cemetery and its lintel is said to be "decorated with a Middle Eastern motif; two lions guarding what is believed to be the Tree of Science in the Garden of Eden."
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11th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France 12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France Churches in Corsica Buildings and structures in Haute-Corse {{France-church-stub