Église Saint-Wandrille de Rivecourt

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Saint-Wandrille Church is a Catholic parish church located in Rivecourt, Oise, France. It was founded by the abbey of Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle in the Merovingian period, in 693. Initially, the parish of Rivecourt extends over the neighbouring villages of Longeuil-Sainte-Marie and Chevrières.

Until the end of the sixteenth century, the abbey maintained a priory near the church. It became a simple profit in 1596. The construction of the present church would have begun in 1513, and its great stylistic homogeneity makes it possible to infer that the construction site is progressing quite quickly, with a completion around 1530.

The entire building is of flamboyant Gothic style, and despite its small dimensions and modest height, its architecture is of good level. The western portal is one of the richest decorated in the region, and the interior space benefits from wavy pillars and a completed model, except in the lower side. However, implementation is not always being addressed.

On the gate, the use of too soft a stone resulted in a loss of a significant part of the carved decoration, and the arches of the transept are very irregular. As a whole, the church...