Église Saint-Léonard d'Avilly-Saint-Léonard

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Saint-Léonard Church is a parish Catholic church located in Avilly-Saint-Léonard, Oise department, France. It has a small choir from the beginning of the 13th century with very neat Gothic architecture, but is not yet listed or classified as historical monuments. However, the furniture is rich and varied, and has six classified elements, including a beautiful set of stalls of the second half of the sixteenth century, which represents the last material memory of the Clunisian priory of Saint-Nicolas-d'Acy, on the neighbouring town of Courteuil.

The nave may have some ancient elements, but has been significantly redesigned in modern times. Its vault has never been completed, and the nave remains covered with a false vault in a cradle. The lateral chapels forming transept date from the 16th century, and like the north side of the 17th century, they display a late Gothic style influenced by the Renaissance.

The whole interior is decorated with an architectural polychromy that was rebuilt during the post-war period. The southern side chapel serves as the basis for a bell tower without character from the 18th or 18th century. Today, St.

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