St. Samson Church, Clermont

The church of Saint-Samson is a Catholic parish church of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries of Gothic and Renaissance style located in Clermont county town in the center of the department of Oise, in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

The building is more precisely located at the corner of the streets of the church and of the Door Nointel. Built at the end of the XIIth century or XIIIth century according to the historians, it replaces the collegiate church of the keep of Clermont, which was used as church to the city until the decision of the construction of the monument. Burned during the Hundred Years War, only a chapel remained around the nave. It was restored in 1495 and then in 1762, the tombstones were turned over to make a new paving. In 1785, the bell tower was destroyed by a fire caused by lightning, it was rebuilt in 1812. The church has been classified as a historical monument since January 4, 1921. Located in the diocese of Beauvais, it has unequal proportions and parts that were not built as the north transept because of the fortifications of the time. It has some architectural treasures: the Holy Sepulchre of the 16th century, stained glass windows of the 16th century and paintings of the 18th century. It is in the center of the parish Heart of Christ of Clermont.