St-Jean-Baptiste (Argenteuil)
Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a Romanesque chapel in Argenteuil , a French town in the department of Val-d'Oise in the region of Ile-de-France , which was originally built in the 11th century. The chapel, which has been protected as an architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1945, is located at 19 rue Notre-Dame.
history
The chapel was located in the walled area of the former Benedictine monastery Notre-Dame d'Argenteuil . It is not known what it was for. It may have been a burial chapel , as graves from the 8th and 9th centuries were discovered during excavations in 1942.
architecture
The rectangular chapel has three naves and a groin vault that rests on two columns . The central nave ends with an apse , which is vaulted with a barrel vault. A comprehensive restoration of the building took place in the 1980s.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise . Flohic éditions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , p. 35.
Web links
- Chapelle Saint-Jean in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 56 ′ 28 " N , 2 ° 14 ′ 54" E