Chapelle Saint-Léonard-et-Saint-Martin de Croissy-sur-Seine

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The chapel Saint-Léonard-et-Saint-Martin is a former Gothic parish church (XIIth – 13th centuries) disused from the Catholic cult in 1882 located in Croissy-sur-Seine in the French department of Yvelines. The building has been listed as historic monuments since 1942. Since the 1980s, it has been open to the public as an art gallery or concert hall.

History: The former parish church Saint-Léonard-et-Saint-Martin de Croissy-sur-Seine was built in the 13th century. Originally dedicated to Saint Martin, she also passed in 1211 under the name of Saint Leonard. In the 19th century, with population growth, the church became too small to contain the growing number of parishioners. After the completion of the new parish church Saint-Léonard (consecrated in 1882), it was disused and put on sale. From 1896 to 1976, it belonged to several private owners, notably Théophile Poilpot and then to the Rivaud de la Raffinière family, which decorated the rostrum with a set of 14 painted panels (second half of the 15th century) representing busted characters. The building that was bought by the municipality in 1976 was entirely...