Church of Saint-Didier
Built at the end of the 17th century on the site of the old village church according to the wishes of the Count of Avaux Jean-Jacques de Mesmes. Of an extravagant form, designed by a talented architect: the Dominican friar François Romain and by Fleury, an architect who lived on the spot, the shell was completed in 1683. The church was completed, received and blessed in 1685. A very original plan which is compared to the shape of a viol. Entirely built in brick, its architecture with colonnades, domes and cupolas is truly audacious. None of the walls of the building follow a straight line.
About this building
The ensemble is remarkable for its curvilinear forms, especially the main part of a very studied design, with its architrave curving in the opposite direction to the walls of the chapels. These chapels are evenly distributed and are served by a small gallery halfway up. Between each chapel is an apsidiole served by two curvilinear paths. The use of bricks for construction is unique in the region. The church has 138 pillars and columns, has a length of 44.82 metres and a perimeter of 145 metres. It has an organ built around 1900 by Clovis Renault. The painter Rostislas Lukin donated to the church an icon depicting Mary and the apostles Peter and Paul. The church is designed in three parts: the peristyle, surrounded by an openwork colonnade, covered by an oblong roof; the campanile, decorated with arched bays, surmounted by a bell tower; the rotunda, evoking the architecture of Roman antiquity.
