Église Saint-Denis de Bornel

About

Saint-Denis Church is a Catholic parish church located in Bornel, Oise department, France. Its foundation dates back to the Merovingian period, and its term was probably given to it by the abbey of Saint-Denis, who is the lord of the village. The collator of the parish is nevertheless the priory of Sainte-Madeleine de Bornel, which depends on the abbey of Vézelay.

The oldest part of the present church is the back of the choir, which is Romanesque, and dates back to the late 1140s. The hemicycle plan of the southern lateral chapel can be reduced to a potential Romanesque absidiole. During the last quarter of the 12th century, a Gothic collateral was added north of the choir.

The large arches of the un arched nave are built at the very beginning of the thirteenth century. During the Hundred Years' War, the church apparently suffered significant destruction, as it was largely rebuilt at the end of the 15th century, in a rather rustic flamboyant style. Finally, the bell tower piles were taken over in the 17th or 18th century, and the southern collateral was redesigned.

In this way, the eastern parts of the building are very heterogeneous, and four epochs are associated...