Église Saint-Honoré de Verneuil-en-Halatte

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The church Saint-Honoré is a parish Catholic church located in Verneuil-en-Halatte, Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France. Its origins should go back to the end of the 11th century. Shortly afterwards, in 1104, the church was given to the abbey of Molesme, which founded a Benedictine priory-curtain there.

This priory is entitled Saint Geneviève, while the parish is under the patronage of Saint Honoré, patron saint of bakers. An octagonal bell tower is built above the first span of the choir. Only its stump remains, hidden under the roof.

Around 1170, cruises or chapels were added to the north and south, in the primitive Gothic style. What remains today, an arcade with capitals and a wall with a window, represents the oldest parts of the present church. In the 15th century, in fact, the bell tower apparently collapses, and the damaged arcades are rebuilt in the flamboyant, nascent Gothic style, still unasserted.

Then, from the last quarter of the 15th century until the beginning of the 16th century, all the other ancient parts were successively demolished, and a new church built. His nave and...