Église Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Rieul de Rully

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Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Rieul Church is a parish Catholic church located in Rully, in the French department of Oise and the Hauts-de-France region. It is one of the very few churches under the patronage of Saint Rieul, Evangelizer of the country of France and first bishop of Senlis, who died at the end of the fourth or the beginning of the fifth century: the parish probably exists since that time, and can be considered one of the oldest in the region. No part of the church, however, is before the twelfth century.

At the beginning of the 12th century, the previous church received a new bell tower and probably a new choir, and the first floor of the bell tower remained to date. Shortly before the middle of the 12th century, the bell tower is equipped with a second floor, which surprises by the richness of its ornamentation, and the sculpture of ancient inspiration of its capitals and frieze, of a type cleaner at the midday of France. The nave, not vaulted but rather spacious, and its western portal date from the same time.

They're still Romanesque. The rest of the church is Gothic. Around 1240 in fact, one wishes to give the church a transept and a more representative choir, while...