Église Saint-Quentin de Nucourt

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Saint Quentin Church is a parish Catholic church located in Nucourt, France. As with many other Vexino churches, the rectangular plan of simple appearance and the relative homogeneity of the exterior elevations, attributable to the repair of a large part of windows, actually hide a complex building of great stylistic diversity. The church of Nucourt is unique mainly because of its location far from any dwelling, and its two bell towers from two different periods.

The western bell tower, unfinished, is Renaissance style, and dates from about 1560. The central building bell tower is of primitive Gothic style, and dates from around 1175. It can be considered the archetype of the Gothic bell towers of Vexin.

Its base and southern crusillon are a little earlier, and constitute the oldest parts of the church. Otherwise, we distinguish mainly the nave of three spans accompanied by two sides, which are still influenced by the late flamboyant style but already belong to the Renaissance, and the Gothic choir of two spans accompanied by two chapels, which were built under three distinct countrysides between...