St. Martin's Church

The Saint-Martin church is a Catholic parish church located in Breuil-le-Vert, in the department of Oise, in France. It is an atypical church composed of a wide single nave opening on the east on the two vessels of a large choir with a flat chevet, and a chapel with a canted apse south of the first two bays of the choir. From the primitive church of the end of the 11th century, the large blocked arcades to the south of the nave still remain, also visible from the outside because of the demolition of the south aisle at the beginning of the 19th century, or at an earlier time. For the rest, the nave dates from the early sixteenth century, but received its current configuration, with ribbed vaults in brick and plaster, only in 1870 / 1872. The choir, on the other hand, is a fairly homogeneous complex from the first half of the 13th century, with only one level of elevation, but with a good level of Gothic architecture. The second bay on the south side is the base of the bell tower, which is the most interesting element on the outside. The last two bays of the two vessels have tapered supports and form a square choir-hall. The church of Saint-Martin was classified as a historical monument by decree of 19 March 1921. It is now affiliated with the parish of the Heart of Christ in Clermont.