Église Notre-Dame de Théméricourt

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Notre Dame Church is a Catholic parish church located in Théméricourt, Val-d'Oise, France. Its oldest parts are the cross of the transept and the bell tower to the belfry floor, and can be dated from the period between 1150 and 1180. The style reflects the transition from the novel to the Gothic, as evidenced by the capitals of the four arcades around the square of the transept and west of the choir.

The lateral chapels of the choir and the nave were not built until later, after the church was given to the priory Saint-Lô de Rouen in 1205. Here architecture is characteristic of the Gothic period, but there are many changes. In the chapels, they are explained by repairs following the Hundred Years' War and the installation of retables in front of the bedside.

In the nave, the main change occurred with its arching of warheads in the Renaissance style, under the Lord Achim of Abos, between 1568 and 1609. The vaults, with richly decorated keys, fall on consoles engaged in the pillars above the capitals of the early thirteenth century, which is a rather rare arrangement. The high windows of the nave are...