Saint-Sulpice Church

The Saint-Sulpice church is a Catholic parish church located in Villiers-Adam, in the Val-d'Oise. Its characterless bell tower dates back to the 13th century. Otherwise, the church dates essentially from the second quarter of the 16th century, and displays the flamboyant gothic style, sprinkled with elements of the Renaissance. This concerns the capitals of the central nave, the whole decoration of the two bays to the east of the bell tower, and the frieze as well as the coping of the buttresses outside the eastern parts. The nave of the church remained unfinished, and was never vaulted; its south aisle was never built. The choir, on the other hand, is all the more remarkable for its length of four straight bays plus an apse with sloping sides, its height, its careful architecture, and of course the reflection of the transition from the flamboyant style to the Renaissance. The blessing of the high altar by Mgr René Le Roullier, bishop of Senlis, on August 1, 1550, undoubtedly marks the end of the work in the central nave of the choir. The nave probably took its present form a few years later. In the early 17th century, the sanctuary was fitted with a large stone altarpiece in the Baroque style, representative of the spiritual and artistic current of the Counter-Reformation in the region. The church was classified as a historical monument by order of October 25, 1927, and subsequently restored. It is now affiliated with the parish of Méry-sur-Oise, and only hosts Sunday masses one Saturday evening per month, at most.