Église Saint-Martin de Lierville

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Saint Martin Church is a parish Catholic church located in Lierville, Oise, France. Its unique un arched nave dates back to the end of the 11th century, and received a new richly decorated portal in the second quarter of the 12th century. It was also at that time that a bell tower was added south of the choir.

It is one of the five octagonal Romanesque bell towers of the French Vexin. During the second half of the 12th century, a two-span Gothic choir at the flat bedside replaced the primitive Romanesque sanctuary. With the addition of a chapel to the south, in the corner with the bell tower, during the fourteenth century, its true era is no longer visible from the outside, especially since a collateral flanks it also to the north.

Added later than its southern counterpart, probably during the Hundred Years War, it was not vaulted until the 15th century, and its vaults clearly display the flamboyant Gothic style. It was also in the flamboyant period, in the second quarter of the 16th century, that the nave was equipped with a five-span lower side to the north, and the vault of the nave was projected, finally remaining a dead letter. For...