In the old cinema hallthe first work consisted of a gigantic cleaning: “We took out the stage, the platform, the seats and the floorlists Marc-Antoine Campana, who bought the place in February 2025. At that moment, the room regained the appearance of a chapel.”
Also at this time, the discoveries began.
First under the stage – where the choir was -, “there was only earth, undoubtedly put there to level the room. Underneath, we uncovered a floor paved with Restonica marble, like one finds in all the churches of Corte”. Further on, in the old nave which has become a cinema hall, the first glance highlights “earth and an old coating, very crumbly”.
The old “hidden” chapels behind the technical rooms of the theater
Curious to go further, Marc-Antoine contacted archaeologists. The SRA* then issues an order allowing Inrap to intervene. It was last April. “We intervened in two stagesdevelops Patrick Ferreira, head of archaeological research, and with two objectives: to restore the initial plan of the convent, to make the architecture of the building readable again…
