Église Saint-Germain de Sacy-le-Grand

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Saint-Germain Church is a parish Catholic church located in Sacy-le-Grand, Oise department, France. It is a large, solidly built building that stands out from most rural churches, both in terms of its size and the ambition of its architecture. At the same time, its structure is very complex, and lacks stylistic homogeneity due to the numerous partial reconstructions.

The spans that flank the central ship are never similar to the north and south. Originally, it is a Romanesque church with a basilical plan, of which the large arcades to the north of the nave remain. The first changes and enlargements took place at the beginning of the 13th century with the large southern collateral of the nave, and especially the choir, which preserved its two vaults of the first Gothic period.

The redevelopment of its large oriental bay in the flamboyant period makes it forget its real era of construction by looking from the outside. The most homogenous and elegant parts of the church are the two spans of the northern collateral of the choir, which are of late radiant Gothic style, and the second span of the southern collateral of the choir, which is...