Musee Fesch

The Musee Fesch is the central museum of fine arts in Ajaccio on Corsica. Located within the gated Palais Fesch, it is in the town's Borgud'Ajaccio quarter. It was set up by Napoleon I's uncle, cardinal Joseph Fesch a Prince of France from 1807, in Fesch's origin. The Fesch gallery is situated in Ajaccio, the origination of its originator, the cardinal Joseph Fesch. It is housed in the nineteenth century Palais Fesch on Rue Cardinal Fesch.

The Palais Fesch additionally houses a school of that name, which contains a huge gathering of pictures, however a large portion of them are duplicates. There is likewise a library of 30,000 volumes, and a gathering of Corsican minerals. The yard contains a bronze statue of Cardinal Fesch.

It was finished in 1837. The activity to assemble the historical center was taken by Napoleon I's maternal uncle, cardinal Joseph Fesch 1763-1839, diocese supervisor of Lyons and the primate of the Gauls. It was Fesch's desire to set up an Institute of Arts and Sciences in the place where he grew up. Before he kicked the bucket in 1839, Fesch gave 1000 fine arts including 843 works of art, from his expansive gathering of more than 17,000, to the historical center.