Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Michel
The Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Michel of Séry-Magneval, in the Hauts-de-France region was built around 1200. The church is surprising because of its slender character, a characteristic that is rare for a church of such limited dimensions. It consists of a Romanesque nave that was exalted at the end of the sixteenth century, a transept and a choir that was built at the beginning of the thirteenth century in the Gothic style. The church retains traces of painted decorations of the twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.
About this building
The Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Michel church is located in Séry-Magneval, in the Hauts-de-France region. It was built around 1200, during the lifetime of the first seigneur of Séry, Thibaut de Séry. In the middle of the thirteenth century, the lordship passed to the family of Coudun.
The church is surprising because its slender character is rare for a church of such limited dimensions. It consists of a Romanesque nave that was exalted at the end of the sixteenth century, a transept and a choir that was built at the beginning of the thirteenth century in the Gothic style. The transept opens on both sides to curious arches. The choir, which probably replaced a semicircular apse, is one of the many examples of a flat chevet illuminated by a triplet that can be found in the region. The aisles disappeared between 1819 and 1836.
The church retains traces of painted decorations of the twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Previously, visitors could see a 16th century Pieta that was listed as a Historical Monument, but this was moved to Crépy-en-Valois, to the Musée de l'Archerie.
