Église Saint-Denis de Rieux

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Saint-Denis Church is a Catholic parish church located in Rieux, Oise department, France. Like the nearby church Saint-Martin de Cinqueux, the lack of resources and the lack of maintenance since the beginning of the 19th century resulted in the destruction of some of its parts, in this case the lower side and the stone pyramid having crowned the bell tower. The nave, first condemned because of its bad condition, was finally transformed into a town hall-school in 1867 and 1870, and now serves as a dwelling.

Since then, the church itself has been summed up in the Gothic choir of the thirteenth century and in the ancient partially Roman transept of the first third of the thirteenth century. There is also an ancient chapel of the late 13th century, transformed into a sacristy. It is the choir hall of three bays of identical dimensions, with some very curious sculptures, and the Romanesque elements of the transept, with historical capitals of an archaic bill and authentic cradle vaults, which make the main interest of the church.

It also has three Gothic windows with a very elaborate radiating emplacement, and the base of an octagonal Romanesque bell tower. The building...