Église Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois de Presles

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Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois Church is a parish Catholic church located in Presles (Val-d'Oise), France. Around the middle of the 12th century, it was given to the priory Saint-Martin-des-Champs of Paris. From this time its oldest elements date, in the chapel Saint Joseph to the north of the choir.

Otherwise, except for the large arches potentially Gothic and a very sober bell tower also Gothic of the 14th century, the church dates mainly from the late 15th and mid 16th century, and is of flamboyant Gothic style. It was retouched in modern times, and the facade was only dated in 1876. While the nave and its south side are rather summary buildings, the choir and chapel of the Virgin, which accompanies it to the south, are carefully built and vaulted with warheads.

The first two double arches of the choir fall on Corinthian capitals, and the basket-shaped shape of the vaults also indicates the Renaissance, but the wavy pillars of the apse and their capitals are nevertheless flamboyant. We note some arch keys with unusual iconography, and especially two friezes depicting picturesque characters, animals, often fantastic...