Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Goussainville

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Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul Church is a Catholic church located in Goussainville, France. It is at least the third church on the same site, built essentially between 1550 and 1564 in Renaissance style, with a particularly rich ornamentation and elaborate for a small rural village. The broken arches and arches of warheads still recall Gothic architecture, while the capitals, entanglements and pilasters are of ancient inspiration.

The plan is very simple, and only provides for a blind central ship accompanied by two sides, as well as a small chapel, the whole ending with a flat bedside. The works are funded by Lord Antoine de Nicolai, the first president of the Court of Auditors, and are perhaps led by master mason Nicolas de Saint-Michel. The reconstruction of the exterior walls still requires a final construction campaign at the beginning of the 17th century.

The present church still preserves elements of the early Romanesque and Gothic Romanesque church of the 12th century, in this case two spans of the south side with an old gate and the first floor of the bell tower, profoundly redesigned. Only the...