Église Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Eugène de Deuil-la-Barre

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Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Eugène Church is a parish Catholic church located in Deuil-La Barre, France. Its origins date back to the end of the Merovingian era, when the church of Deuil is a place of pilgrimage thanks to the miracles that occur near the tomb of Saint Eugene which it houses. A first oratory had even been built around the beginning of the fifth century.

But none of these early places of worship remained, and with the departure of the relics of his patron saint for the Basilica of Saint-Denis around 850, Deuil left the scene of history until his church was given to Saint-Florent Abbey of Saumur in 1066. A priory was then founded in Deuil, and the construction of the present Romanesque church was launched. It begins with the apse, which no longer exists, and ends with the nave at the beginning of the twelfth century.

The consolidation of the cross of the transept around 1135 gives the opportunity to install four historical capitals, which, with a fifth in the southern chapel, make the church famous. They mark the height of Romanesque sculpture in Val-d'Oise. Around 1220, the Romanesque apse was replaced by a spacious Gothic choir with a walk-through.

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