ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH

This church is one of the few buildings in the northeast of France dating from the beginning of the Romanesque era. It was built between 1032 and 1054 by Gui Ier de Vignory, then by his son Roger Ier. It amazes through its light, which softens the impressive preroman architecture revealed by its now apparent structure, its nef on 3 levels with triforium, the primitive sculpture of its capitals and its outskirts. Side chapels are xive and sixteenth centuries, and have finely opened vaults that contrast slightly with Romanesque austerity. The building, listed as a historic monument in 1846, was restored between 1844 and 1860 on the proposal of Prosper Mérimée. The tabernacle attributed to Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon and the chair to preach enrich the church Saint-Étienne of works of the eighteenth century classified as historical monuments.