Église Saint-Denis de Méry-sur-Oise

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Saint-Denis Church is a parish Catholic church located in Méry-sur-Oise, France. It was almost entirely built between the end of the 15th and early 16th centuries, in the flamboyant Gothic style, retaining the 13th century bedside. Its plan is very simple: a nave of six spans accompanied by a single collateral of the same length, as well as a small lateral chapel.

In detail, however, some peculiarities appear, such as the irregular configuration of the westernmost spans. Although the collateral represents the first part built at the end of the 15th century, as shown by the flamboyant portal and the year of 1485 engraved in a key vault, its windows are Renaissance-style, as well as the capitals of the large arcades that communicate the collateral with the nave. It must be a reshuffle of the second half of the 16th century, but the history of the church has not yet been written.

The close connection with the castle of Méry and its lords is no doubt, and a door directly communicates the side chapel with the castle. Yet, the generally rather sober architecture of the church...