St-Rémi (Marines)

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Saint-Rémi church

The Roman Catholic Church of St-Rémi in Marines , a French commune in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region , was built between 1535 and 1562. The church on Place du général Leclerc has been on the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique since 1926 .

history

The St. Remigius consecrated church one was from 1535 to 1562 on the site priory from the 13th century built. Only three pillars with capitals on the north side of the nave remain from this previous building. The current church was built in the late Gothic and Renaissance styles . The church was enlarged in the 17th century.

architecture

The church, built according to plans by the architect Nicolas Le Mercier , consists of a three- bay nave, two side aisles, a transept, a two-bay choir and an octagonal chapel between the choir and the southern transverse arm. The tower, which is provided with round arched sound arcades , rises above the crossing .

The main portal on the south side in the Renaissance style has a barrel vault with a stone coffered ceiling . It is adorned with roses and angel heads and is framed by an architrave that rests on simple columns. Above it is a richly decorated gable with three niches.

The octagonal chapel, originally dedicated to St. Dedicated to Rochus , it was built in 1620. In the 19th century it was consecrated to the Sacred Heart . The chapel is vaulted by a dome and crowned by a lantern . The walls have no windows, the light penetrates through eight arched dormer windows . In the basement of the chapel there is a crypt that until 1793 housed the tomb of Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery , Chancellor of France .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 662-663.

Web links

Commons : St-Rémi (Marines)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Église Saint-Rémi de Marines in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '43.4 "  N , 1 ° 58' 58.8"  E