Église Saint-Rémi de Marines

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Saint-Rémi Church is a parish Catholic church located in Marines (Val-d'Oise), France. She succeeded a chapel, which King Louis the Gros gave to the regular canons of St Augustine of Saint Vincent Abbey of Senlis between 1125 and 1130. The canons provided parish service, and had the present church built from the middle of the 12th century.

The first span of the choir, the transept and the large arcades north of the nave are the only elements remaining to date. They belong to the primitive Gothic style. The dedication of the church as Saint-Rémi is celebrated on 12 July 1256 by Eudes Rigaud, Archbishop of Rouen.

The church suffered during the Hundred Years' War, and was rebuilt in successive stages from the 16th century. The large arcades south of the nave notably display the flamboyant Gothic style. They were taken up as a sub-work from the middle of the century, and were equipped with Renaissance capitals.

In 1562, Archdeacon Guillaumes Germain appealed to master mason Nicolas Le Mercier to build a porch in front of the southern collateral, which represented one of the two remarkable elements of the church. The perimeter of the collateral is...