St. Martin's Church, Le Mesnil-Amelot

The Saint-Martin church is a Catholic parish church located in Le Mesnil-Amelot, France. It was built between 1520 and 1550 approximately in the flamboyant Gothic style, the Renaissance showing itself just timidly by the capitals of the apse traffic circle. The church of Saint Martin is distinguished by its beautiful homogeneity, its monumental effect, its very careful modenature and sculpture, and its particular plan with an ambulatory, but without radiating chapels or transept. The three vessels are of equal width, and of slender proportions. They communicate with each other through large open arcades, except in the apse, where the pillars are thinner. The elevation is organized on two levels. The second level of elevation, which represents about a third of the total height, has blind walls in the three bays of the nave, and high windows in the two bays of the choir. The original polychromy, restored at the end of the 20th century, complements the architecture nicely, as does the large altarpiece from 1654. The church of Saint-Martin was classified as a historical monument by order of July 13, 1911. It is affiliated with the West-Goële parish sector, with headquarters in Dammartin-en-Goële, and Sunday masses are celebrated there irregularly, on Sundays at 9:30 am.