Église Saint-Vaast de Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont

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Saint-Vaast Church in Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont is a Catholic parish church located in Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont, Oise commune. In Romanesque style, this church is architecturally closer to that of Rhuis than that of Morienval, and its construction began around the year 1100. It was associated with a priory dependent on the Provost of Angicourt and the estate of the Abbey of Saint Vaast.

Moreover, the patronage of the church is an indicator of the parish's seniority. The early church, which was probably not the first church in this place, consisted of a rectangular nave, not a vaulted nave, a first span of choir today vaulted with warheads, half the width of the nave, and a bedside in a cul-de-four. With the exception of the latter, this building has been preserved to this day, although it has undergone some modifications.

The first took place a few decades after the construction only, around 1120/1130, and focused on the addition of a lower side and a chapel to the north, quite similar to the choir at the time. Shortly before the middle of the century, the north and south facades were consolidated by new foothills in their center, and the portal was...