Church of Saint-Christophe
The Church of Saint-Christophe is located in Mondreville, in Île-de-France. It displays the harmonious coexistence of Romanesque elements in the nave and the Gothic style in the choir and carved 16th century decorations on the nave frame. The building, topped with a small bell tower with an octagonal spire, is endowed with a rich movable heritage such as a statue of the Virgin and Child, from the 15th century.
About this building
The Church of Saint-Christophe is located in Mondreville, in the Île-de-France. It was built in the eleventh century in Romanesque style, but then mostly destroyed following the Hundred Years War and then rebuilt in Gothic style. It is because of this partial destruction that the church marries two styles. The small nave and the eleventh century are Romanesque, while the imposing half-timbered choir, dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, is of late Gothic style. The nave is covered with a paneled barrel vault. It is surmounted by a small bell tower octagonal, while the choir, higher than the nave, includes three bays and a pentagonal apse. It is lit by eight glass windows.
Originally, it was planned to cover the choir with a stone vault that was never built. Nevertheless the departures of the multiple ribs are always visible, as well as the arches that integrated in the masonry of the walls. The base of the wreath feet of these vaults are carved with fabulous animals at the nave, while in the choir the caps, carved in a Renaissance style, serve as a canopy for the statues. The consoles are carved with angels wearing an armored shield and angel musicians.
The church has a rich heritage of furniture and sculptures in stone or wood (fourteenth to the nineteenth century), two of which are classified and nine listed on the list of Historical Monuments. Among others, you can admire a Madonna and Child Sitting, a wooden statue of the fifteenth century that is classified as an historic monument.
