Église Saint-Martin de Cormeilles-en-Parisis

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Saint Martin Church is a parish Catholic church located in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France. She succeeded a Romanesque church, of which only two capitals remained at the beginning of the nave. The main lord of Cormeilles is the abbey of Saint-Denis: it is under his abbot Suger that the construction of the crypt under the choir of the present church is launched, around 1145.

Little known and generally closed to the public, however, it represents one of the two oldest Gothic crypts known, along with that of the Basilica Saint-Denis, and is of great archaeological value. The church choir, at the flat bedside, was built a little later, in the last quarter of the 12th century; It was extended westward during the first half of the 13th century. This choir has evolved considerably since then, as problems of stability have repeatedly led to reconstruction.

In particular, the southern collateral was redone in the 16th century, in the flamboyant style. Most of the capitals of the nave are of the same style, and date back to the years 1515-1525: six large arcades had to be taken up in sub-works at that time. A single pillar base recalls that the nave must initially date...