Église Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Saint-Gervais

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Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais Church is a Catholic parish church located in Saint-Gervais, Val-d'Oise, France. Its foundation probably dates back to the Carolingian era. The current building dates mainly from the second quarter of the 16th century, and the flamboyant Gothic style is dominant.

The western facade with its porch is the last part built. It is a work of master mason Jean Grappin, and one of the main Renaissance achievements in the French Vexin. The interior of the nave is also Renaissance style, and surprises by its elegance, which contrasts with the trapue physiognomy of the building.

The Romanesque bell tower has only one floor, which is almost entirely drowned in the roofs. It is covered by one of the fourteen Romanesque stone pyramids in the French Vexin, and its vaulted ridge base has hardly changed since the construction in the second quarter of the 12th century. It is the first span of the liturgical choir.

Its other three spans have 14th-century vaults, but the rest was heavily reworked in the 16th century. The church was classified as historical monuments by order...