Église Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation d'Allonne

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Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation is a Catholic parish church located in Allonne, Oise, France. It's a double-ship church. Of the six spans each, the first four are flamboyant Gothic, but those of the south, which constitute the collateral, about a quarter less high and less wide than their northern counterparts, have partially Romanesque exterior walls.

However, the only well-characterized Romanesque elements of this part of the church are the archvolt and tympanum of the old gate and a flat foothill to the south. What the flamboyant parts offer remarkable is above all the large western portal with its openwork eardrum. The windows networks evoke the walk-through of Saint-Étienne de Beauvais Church.

Inside, we note the wavy pillars and double arches of high diameter, and a fairly complex and neat model. The current liturgical choir is established in the axis of the northern ship. Its Gothic style refers to the last years before the emergence of the radiant style, and it should hardly be before 1220.

Next door, the Romanesque choir is also preserved. It consists of two small spans...