Fesch Museum

🏛️ About Palais Fesch – Musée des Beaux‑Arts Founded in 1852 by Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Napoleon I’s uncle, who bequeathed around 843 paintings from his extensive personal collection (over 17,000 works) to Ajaccio. Located at 50‑52 rue Cardinal Fesch, within a 19th-century palace with a chapel built between 1857–59, now housing the tombs of Letizia Bonaparte and the Cardinal himself. 🎨 Collections on Display Italian paintings (14th–18th centuries): One of the largest collections in France after the Louvre, featuring works by Botticelli, Titian, Bellini, Poussin, and others Napoleonic department: Portraits, sculptures and memorabilia of the Bonaparte family—ranging from grand portraits to uniforms, medals, and intimate objets d’art. Corsican paintings: A dedicated gallery since the museum's 2010 renovation, showcasing local and regional artists such as Lucien Peri and Charles‑Léon Cannicioni.