Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité de Lavilletertre

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Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativity Church is a parish Catholic church located in Lavilletertre, Oise, France. It was built in several close campaigns between about 1135 / 1140 and 1170, and has never undergone any alterations to its appearance or structure since its completion. It can therefore boast of a rare stylistic unit, and its dimensions are considerable in relation to the modesty of the village.

It is a basilical plan building with a nave of five spans flanked by bottoms, a largely overflowing transept and a rectangular choir with flat bedside. The nave and the coasts were built first, and reflect the Romanesque style at its peak. Their western facade includes the largest Romanesque portal of the French Vexin.

Even on the side elevations, the decoration is particularly complete, and provides for a molded archvolt for each window, accompanied by a frieze falling on columns with capitals. Inside, Gothic architecture is already announced by the systematic application of the broken arch on large arcades and vaults, as well as by the rigorous composition of the fasciculated pillars. The sculpture...