St. Martin's Church

The Saint-Martin church is a Catholic parish church located in Versigny, France. Its sober bell tower of the late fifteenth century bears a high and elegant openwork spire of the same period, whose style evokes the thirteenth century. The rest of the church dates mostly from the second quarter of the 16th century, and is of a very careful flamboyant Gothic architecture. Despite its small depth, the central nave is wide and slender, and the pillars are particularly fine. An apse with cut sides follows the three straight bays, which are accompanied by aisles ending in a flat chevet. The last bay of the south aisle is decorated with tri-lobed arcatures on the exterior, and a vault enriched with four secondary keys delimiting a rectangle. A blocked portal to the south and the remarkable stone altarpiece date from 1561, and are in the Renaissance style. The western portal, of a late Renaissance style, was made after the fact. The church was classified as a historical monument by decree of May 6, 1907. Today it is part of the parish of Notre-Dame de la Visitation du Haudouin, and Sunday masses are celebrated there on the second Sunday of the month at 11:00 am, except in winter and in July/August.