Saint-Vaast Church of Boran-sur-Oise

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The Saint-Vaast Church of Boran-sur-Oise is a parish Catholic church located in Boran-sur-Oise, Oise commune. The origins of the parish are unknown, but it seems to go back at least to the eighth century, and the present church is not the first built on the same site. Its oldest parts date from the period 1180 / 1230 and are of primitive Gothic style: it is the nave, which has never been vaulted, and part of the lower side.

The facade with its elegant gate is a little more recent, and the small construction attached to the southwest corner, considered the former chapel of the baptismal fonts, may have been added after the blow. The large arcades of the nave with their monocylindrical pillars surmounted by large hook capitals are of a nice effect, but the church is distinguished in particular by its rectangular choir hall, and the particular way in which it connects to the nave: its central vessel being less wide than this one, the large arcades stop at their end against the western arcades of the choir, instead of falling on the roofs of capitals. The entire choir consists of three ships of two spans, and was...