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Church of Saint Gervais and Saint Protais, Gisors: Detail, carved wooden door of the portal of the northern transept

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The new church, begun by Blanche de Castille in the second quarter of the 13th century, was consecrated in 1239 by Eudes Rigaud, archbishop of Rouen. The Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais parish church fuses Gothic and Renaissance architecture. The three-storey Gothic choir dates from 1249. A helicoid staircase gives access to the organ; of Renaissance style, it was influenced by the staircase of the castle of Blois (Loir-et-Cher). The Grosse Tour ('Big Tower') of the church (the north tower) was built between 1542 and 1590. The portal of the northern non-projecting transept still has finely carved wooden doors, which remain the first examples of use of the Renaissance style in the church. It was classified as a historic monument in 1840.

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Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Gisors, Haute-Normandie, France|Gisors|+49.27930+1.775830

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Renaissance', 'Gothic (Medieval)']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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