Saint-Étienne Church

Local nameÉglise Saint-Étienne
LocationBeauvais, France

Saint-Étienne Church is a Roman Catholic parish church on rue de l'Étamine in the French city of Beauvais. It was founded in the late 3rd century by Firmin of Amiens and – though its original dedicatee is unknown – it was long dedicated to Saint Vaast d'Arras, with a chapter existing under this title from 1072 to 1742. The present church dates to the 12th century, but even before this was begun it was at the centre of medieval town life and one of the most importrant parishes in the city despite being outside the episcopal city.

Its nave and transepts are Romanesque other than the first two spans of the nave and the east walls of the transept (largely rebuilt in the 16th century. The nave is on three levels with a triforium. The ogive vaults seem to have been begun around 1120, but it is thought the vaulted Romanesque choir was completed before this date.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Étienne_Church_(Beauvais)

Address 9 Rue Angrand-Leprince, Beauvais 60000, France

Coordinates 49°25'42.43" N 2°4'50.357" E

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