Church of Saint-Martin de Nocé
The church of Saint-Martin, registered with the Historical Monuments, is located in Nocé, in Normandy.It was probably built in the 12th century near the castle Nocé, which was ruined and abandoned after the Hundred Years War. The church is composed of a three bay nave, a choir with a Romanesque semicircular chevet and a square bell tower. The altarpiece and the tabernacle and various paintings and statues are notable features.
About this building
The church of Saint-Martin, registered with the Historical Monuments, is located in Nocé, in Normandy. It was probably built in the 12th century near the castle Nocé, which was ruined and abandoned after the Hundred Years War. Originally the church was surrounded by a cemetery, but this was moved in the eighteenth century.
In the fifteenth century, the walls were leveled and the Romanesque frame of the nave was replaced by new wood paneling. In the sixteenth century, after the troubles of the Hundred Years War, the building was modified: a single roof is built, a new chapel is added against the south facade and a stone bell-tower was built. The bell tower rises to a height of twenty metres. The church is composed of a rectangular nave, three bays and a choir with Romanesque semicircular chevet. A succession of three chapels opens to an aisle separated from the nave by pillars. The chapels are covered with vaults of warheads. A sacristy is arranged behind the church.
The interior is decorated with a painted wooded altarpiece and tabernacle and gilded steps, installed in the choir and lit by two bays, a table showing the disciples of Emmaus and one of the Annunciation, and a terracotta statue and stone statues of Saint Madeleine and Our Lady of Mercy.
