Église Saint-Denis de Neuilly-en-Thelle

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Saint-Denis Church is a parish Catholic church located in Neuilly-en-Thelle, Oise department, France. Its construction began after the donation of the spa snack to Saint Vincent de Senlis Abbey in 1187. But the only significant remaining elements of the first construction campaign are the facade and part of the base of the bell tower, with its arch of warheads.

Repairs were necessary after the Great Jacquerie in 1358, and left the capitals south of the base of the bell tower and two reamped bays. The modest nave was so often retouched that it lost all character, and its only side was rebuilt in 1842. The bell tower was rebuilt after a fire in 1711.

The church of Saint-Denis is especially valid for its large Renaissance choir of three spans, completed by a three-sided apse, and accompanied by a collateral to the north. This choir is of generous dimensions, and if it does not constitute a masterpiece, nevertheless offers an unusual model, and supports vaults of an original design. To the north, the two double arches fall on cariatids, and in the collateral, the consoles that...