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The church of Saint-Denis is recognisable by its enormous 13th-century bell tower, the oldest in the North of France. The church was favoured by the Collège de Saint-Omer which was run by English Jesuits. Many English and American Catholic families sent their children there to study, despite Queen Elizabeth I's prohibition. The interiors are particularly rich in examples of numerous artistic movements from the 15th to the 19th century. Its classical barrel-vaulted sanctuary, interiors and furnishings date from an 18th-century reconstruction.

In the sixteenth century, the Romanesque church of Saint Denis de Bailleul-le-Soc presented a nave, a transept, a belfry and a choir lit by seven windows. In the eighteenth century the whole building was modified: the portal, the nave and the steeple were rebuilt while the nave was raised. The church has a relic of the True Cross and sculptures (15th century) classified as historical monuments.

The church of Saint-Denis is a religious building whose oldest foundations date back to the 11th century, around the time of the founding of the village of Forest. The present building, which includes the sanctuary dedicated to Saint Alène, dates from the 13th century and is in Gothic style. The bell tower was raised by two floors in the 18th century. In 1925-1926, an important restoration of the ensemble was carried out by Chrétien Veraart, restoring to the building a luminosity that it had lost.

In 1877, Nicolas Adames, the first Bishop of Luxembourg, consecrated the church, which was dedicated to Saint Denis. By the middle of the 20th century, the vaulting had become dilapidated and was replaced by a ceiling of wooden beams. At the same time the wall paintings were removed.

Built from the 11th to the 18th centuries, with alterations in 1860.

The church of St Denis Bazincourt-sur-Epte was, in the tenth century, a chapel dependent on a nearby abbey. It only had a nave, to which 5 spans were added in the twelfth century, and a choir. In the fourteenth century, the chapel became a parish church and in the eighteenth century the church was enlarged and the orientation was changed. There is an altarpiece by J.Carbonnier, an oil painting by Ch.Duchêne and an 18th century clock mechanism.

The church was built during the Restoration in the style of Roman basilicas. On its site stood a convent built for the Benedictines of the Blessed Sacrament. It was Etienne-Hippolyte Godde who in 1826 was commissioned by the city of Paris to build the current church on this site. The first stone was laid on 15 September 1826: a medal by the engraver Ursin Vatinelle, bearing the effigy of Charles X and the design of the projected façade, commemorates the event.

Built at the end of the 17th century on the site of the old village church according to the wishes of the Count of Avaux Jean-Jacques de Mesmes. Of an extravagant form, designed by a talented architect: the Dominican friar François Romain and by Fleury, an architect who lived on the spot, the shell was completed in 1683. The church was completed, received and blessed in 1685. A very original plan which is compared to the shape of a viol. Entirely built in brick, its architecture with colonnades, domes and cupolas is truly audacious. None of the walls of the building follow a straight line.

Built in the 11th century, the church of Saint-Eloi is in Romanesque style. Major restoration work was carried out from 2007 to 2010. Outside, the apse and the apsidiole have been cleared. Inside, mural paintings have been updated. The church of Saint-Eloi was a relay on the pilgrims' route to Santiago de Compostela. It was inaugurated in January 2010 and deserves a small detour...

Restored for nearly twenty years by the association of the Institute of the Good Shepherd in Bordeaux, which has occupied the premises since 2002, this church, of which only the facade is visible on the street, has a colourful decor and a warm and pious atmosphere, rendered in particular by the stained glass windows of the choir. It also benefits from a choice location, as it is in the middle of a historic district of Bordeaux.