Église Saint-Samson de Clermont

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Saint-Samson Church is a 15th and 16th century Gothic-Renaissance Catholic parish church located in Clermont, in the centre of the Oise department, in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The building is more precisely located at the corner of the streets of the church and the Nointel Gate. Built at the end of the 12th or 13th century according to historians, it replaces the collegiate church of the Clermont dungeon, which served as the church of the city until the decision to build the monument.

Fired during the Hundred Years War, there remained only a chapel around the nave. It was restored in 1495 and then in 1762, the tombstones were returned to make a new pavement. In 1785, the bell tower was destroyed by a fire due to lightning; it was rebuilt in 1812.

The church has been classified as historical monuments since 4 January 1921. Located in the diocese of Beauvais, it has unequal proportions (6 spans north of the nave for 3 to the south) and parts that were not built like the north transept because of the fortifications of the time. It has some architectural riches: the Saint...