Église Saint-Léger de Delincourt

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Saint-Léger Church is a parish Catholic church located in Delincourt, Oise, France. It replaces an older building, but its nave dates back as far as the late 11th or early 12th century. Redesigns in the 18th century took away its authenticity, and the arcades of the exceptional porch of the early 13th century were blocked.

The eastern parts retain their full interest, and are of sought after architecture. They were built by the chapter of the royal collegiate Saint-Mellon of Pontoise, who was the collator of the cure under the Ancien Régime. The transept and choir are primitive Gothic in style, but their arches of warheads and particularly remarkable capitals evoke the late Romanesque style.

They date from the third quarter of the 12th century. The central building bell tower, which rises above the cross of the transept, was only completed at the beginning of the thirteenth century, and is more resolutely Gothic. It seduces especially by its very judiciously defined dimensions.

Soon after its completion, the church was enlarged by the addition of two collaterals to the north and south of the choir. Their vaults have not been realized...