St-Amand (Thomery)

St. Amand in Thomery

Leaded glass window depicting a saint

The Catholic parish church of Saint-Amand in Thomery , a parish in the Seine-et-Marne department of the Île-de-France region , was built in the 13th century. The church on Place Greffulhe has been a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1948 .

The church, consecrated to St. Amand of Maastricht , was rebuilt in the 15th century and in 1717 received two aisles and a kind of “false transept ”.

The slate-roofed bell tower sits on the second yoke of the nave. It consists of a wooden structure with a pointed hood . The portal to the west with a flat arch is flanked by two buttresses . There is a sculpture of St. Amand above the portal.

literature

• Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments d'Île de France. Éditions Hervas, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84334-002-0 , p. 794.
• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , p. 1016.

Web links

Commons : St-Amand (Thomery)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• St-Amand de Thomery in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 24 '38.4 "  N , 2 ° 47' 9.8"  E