Église Saint-Jacques-Saint-Gilles de Fleurines

About

Saint-Gilles Church is a Catholic parish church located in Fleurines, Oise department, France. It is located on one of the roads of Compostela, which explains its first word, and succeeds a building of the twelfth century, of which only the lateral Romanesque bell tower, probably truncated, and possibly the foothills of south-east angle remain. Apart from these elements, it is a flamboyant Gothic construction that bears the characteristics of the first quarter of the sixteenth century.

Its great homogeneity shows a rapid progress in the construction site. It goes hand in hand with a very simple rectangular plan in a rectangle, and a somewhat summary architecture. The decorative effort is practically limited to the main gate and flamboyant windows networks.

The sculpted decor is rare inside, and is limited to this gate, two capitals, four lamp asses in the corners and three arch keys. The rib profile of the vaults is rustic, and the arcs formets are lacking. This does not prevent a solid and careful execution.

What makes the church of Fleurines interesting is its almost symmetrical two-ship plan, and the...