Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Montgeroult

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Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Montgeroult is a Catholic parish church located in Montgeroult, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France. Founded probably around 1070, the church depended on the abbey of Saint-Denis under all the Ancien Régime. However, there is no concrete evidence of the local tradition that a monastery was associated with the church before the castle was built, nor does the church constitute the old chapel of the castle.

For a building of such small dimensions, its architecture reaches a very good level, and its choir even has previously open galleries. The six eastern spans were built in three countrysides between about 1190 and 1240, and reflect the different stages of development of Gothic architecture, until the appearance of the radiant Gothic style which manifests itself on the upper floor of the bell tower. The base of the bell tower uses pillars anterior to everything else, and the triumphal arch in full hanger opening onto the nave allows these elements to be traced back to the early days of the parish.

The short nave and its two sides are the most recent parts. Built around 1570 / 1590, they...