St-Jean-Baptiste (Pierrelaye)

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St-Jean-Baptiste Church

The parish church of St-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelaye , a French commune in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region , was built in 1852. The church on Place de la Mairie has been a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1989 .

description

The church consecrated to John the Baptist was built in 1852 on the site of a previous building, possibly from the 13th century. The font and a cross from the 16th century were taken from the previous church. Likewise relics of John the Baptist.

There is an oculus above the arched portal and the slender bell tower rises above it. The organ was made by the organ builder Marie Antoine Louis Suret from 1855 to 1860 . Of the windows, the War Window should be highlighted, created in 1922 by the glass painters Louis Barillet and Jacques Le Chevallier . It commemorates the 102 citizens of the municipality who were killed in the First World War .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic éditions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 70-71.

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 22 ″  N , 2 ° 9 ′ 20 ″  E