Église Saint-Remi de Ponchon

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Saint-Remi Church is a Catholic parish church located in Ponchon, Oise department, France. Its unique nave, unarticulated, and covered with arch-shaped panelling in cradle, dates back to the 11th century. Ponchon is indeed one of the early parishes of the diocese of Beauvais.

As a matrix parish of four neighbouring villages, it enjoys certain privileges under the Ancien Régime. His Romanesque sanctuary was replaced by a Gothic choir of more generous dimensions from the end of the 12th century. Its architecture is sober elegance.

Apparently, the construction site drags in length, and the arching of warheads of the central vessel is only completed about 1230. Its lateral chapel also started during the last quarter of the 12th century is already almost entirely rebuilt in this context, as it was necessary to increase the number of spans from three to two, according to the number of vaults of the central ship. The vault of the chapel is never executed, but two new windows are provided, in the second half of the 13th century and in the early 14th century.

It is at this time that the entire interior space is...