Église Saint-Martin

The Church of Saint Martin is a religious building of the Catholic faith built in the town of Barentin. Several churches have followed one another on this site. The first, little known, was probably made of wood. The second, of Romanesque style, was built in 1731. Victim of a fire in 1756, it was restored in 1769. During the Revolution, the church was closed (1793), and all the bells sent to the foundry except a. In Year III, 70 beds were installed there to accommodate a detachment of the Public Order. The church also served as a meeting room for the City Council. In 1802, the Catholic cult was re-established. But with the industrialization of the city, the church became too small. The cemetery near the church was closed and moved to its current location (1832) and the church demolished in 1853. Everything was looted and scattered. Construction of the current church, in the neo-Romanesque style inspired by the St Georges de Boscherville abbey, began in 1854. Inaugurated on March 31, 1855, it was not fully completed until 1861. On July 27, 1944, a V1 fell on the city, causing extensive damage; in particular he destroyed all the stained-glass windows in the church except the six which are today in the chapels of the Blessed Virgin and of St Joseph. For the restoration, completed on January 27, 1947, 79 glass roofs had to be replaced. -------- Saint-Martin Wall Sculpture: stone bas-relief above the north entrance of the church. Unknown author. -------- Statues of Saint Bont and Blessed James of Ulm: Located at Place du Révérend Père Bunel (Saint-Martin Church). Work by Anne-Marie Roux-Colas, purchased in 1951. Two ceramic statues flanking the entrance to the Saint-Martin church, inscribed Saint Bont and B. Jacques d'Ulm, with a stained glass window. --------- Welcome Statue: Located at the corner of Rue de la République / Rue des Martyrs de la Resistance. Work by Georges Saupique, 1953. Stone statue of a woman with flowers in her hand. The sculpture was restored in 2002 by Philippe Robin. --------- Abbé Cochet statue: French archaeologist and prehistorian (1812-1875). Located in front of La Bienvenue. Work of sculptor Henri-Frédéric Iselin, Bust in reconstituted stone on a brick pedestal. This copy of the original terracotta bust was purchased by the town of Barentin in 1951 and restored in 2003 by Philippe Robin. --------- Statue of Reverend Father Bunel: Located near the church. Work of sculptor Henri Bouchard, 1948., Stone statue of Father Bunel in his habit, next to him a stone with barbed wire and the names of the concentration camps where he was transported: camps / extermination: Fontainebleau, Compiègne, Saarbrücken, Gusen, Mauthausen + Linz. -------------- Carved vase: details around Carved stone vase with eight full-length reliefs of prophets? From a Spanish original. The potiche was restored in 2004 in the Atelier Legrand.

Very beautiful church a lot of charm, very beautiful architecture

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beautiful church