Église Saint-Martin du Mesnil-Amelot

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Saint Martin Church is a parish Catholic church located in Mesnil-Amelot, France. It was built between 1520 and about 1550 in the flamboyant Gothic style, the Renaissance being just timidly manifested by the capitals of the apse roundabout. The church of Saint Martin is distinguished both by its beautiful homogeneity, its monumental effect, its modenature and its very neat sculpture, and its particular plan with strolling, but without radiant chapels or transept.

The three vessels are of the same width and slender proportions. They communicate with each other by large open arcades, except in the apse, where the pillars are thinner. The elevation is organized on two levels.

The second elevation level, which represents about a third of the total height, includes blind walls in the three spans of the nave, and high windows in the two spans of the choir. The original polychromy, restored at the time of the restoration of the late 20th century, complements the architecture, as well as the large altarpiece of 1654. Saint Martin's church was classified as historical monuments by decree of 13 July 1911...