Église Saint-Samson de La Roche-Guyon

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The Saint-Samson Church is a parish Catholic church located in La Roche-Guyon, Val-d'Oise, France. Its construction began in 1404, when King Charles VI granted permission to build a parish church outside the perimeter of the castle. However, work was soon interrupted by the Hundred Years' War, and only resumed in the second quarter of the next century.

The church is designed at the base in the flamboyant Gothic style, but as often in the 16th century in the region, the finishes are made in the Renaissance style. His plan, quite simple, originally provided for only a central vessel of five spans ending in a flat bedside, accompanied by two sideways, the last of which ends with an oblique wall. The bell tower rises above the first span of the north.

In the 18th century, the north side was redesigned, and a series of four side chapels was added on the north side. Saint-Samson's church was listed as historical monuments by order of 4 June 1926. It is now affiliated with the pastoral sector of the Vexin West with its headquarters in Magny-en-Vexin, and Sunday Masses are usually celebrated there the second and third...