Church building

Église Saint-Germain d'Andrésy

église Saint-Germain d'Andrésy

France Andrésy classified historical monument
Église Saint-Germain d'Andrésy
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Saint-Germain Church is a parish Catholic church located in Andrésy, Yvelines, France. Its core is an elongated Gothic building, with a central vessel with triforium and high windows, and two sides, all arched with warheads, and ending with a flat bedside. Apart from its large bedside window, which was built after the event, the period of construction of this church of considerable size and fine bill can be located between the end of the 12th and the first quarter of the 13th century.

Like most major churches in the region, it underwent structural changes after the Hundred Years' War. From 1517, the eastern half of the south side was rebuilt, with four small rectangular chapels, all in the flamboyant Gothic style. A generation later, during the reign of François I, a larger expansion was undertaken on the north side.

For the addition of a vast collateral, almost as wide as the nave and its south side joined together, the former north side is demolished, and the northern elevation of the central ship is successively taken over as a sub-work. The Renaissance collateral...