Église Saint-Sulpice de Seraincourt

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Saint Sulpice Church is a parish Catholic church located in Seraincourt, in the French department of Val-d'Oise. It is of uncertain origin, and was served by pre-showed canons from 1175 to 1791. Of a very heterogeneous external aspect, the church gathers parts of four main epochs, and its structure can only be understood by looking inside.

Contrary to the flamboyant Gothic window of the bedside, which is not before the end of the 15th century, the oldest parts are the vaulted choir in a cradle, the base of the bell tower and the bell tower itself, which house Romanesque capitals of an archaic bill, and are expected to go back to the period between about 1110 and 1125. The movement of the double arches is far from being the rule at that time, which gives the church a role of forerunner. The bell tower is a prototype of the corner-columned bell towers of the French Vexin.

Undoubtedly after the canon installation, the church is provided with a new north crusillon and a northern lateral chapel of the choir, which are of primitive Gothic style, apart from a Romanesque portal. The vault...