France
Great East
Rethel
Vaux-Montreuil
Saint-Pierre and Saint-Sébastien Church in Vaux-Montreuil.
France
Great East
Rethel
Vaux-Montreuil
Saint-Pierre and Saint-Sébastien Church in Vaux-Montreuil.
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Location: Vaux-Montreuil, Rethel, Great East, France
According to the features of the western portal, the nave's central nave dates from the second half of the 12th century. The choir was built around 1200 and the two chapels on either side of it date from the 13th century. In 1526 (date given to the choir) the two buttresses of the apse were rebuilt. An inscription relating to the priest Jean Denys, the noble judge Warnesson and two contractors Pierre Dervin and Henri Moreau reported that the bell tower had been rebuilt (probably around 1733, date of the old bell). It burned down in 1863 and was still not restored in 1874. The aisles were rebuilt in the 18th century after the construction of the bell tower, as they surrounded it without a masonry connection, filling in the high bays of the central nave. It was probably during this work campaign that the nave was vaulted. The two chapels that frame the nave were built in the 19th century, the one on the south in 1847. In the Middle Ages, the Abbess of Saint-Pierre de Reims was lord of Vaux-Montreuil.
September 2, 2023
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