ST. GERVAIS CHURCH
Neo-Romanesque church with ribbed vaulting, which succeeded a priory dependent on the abbey of Fécamp in Rouen.
The current neo-Romanesque church, with its pointed vaults, succeeds a priory dependent on the abbey of Fécamp where Guillaume-le-Conquérant (Duke of Normandy for 52 years and King of England for 21 years) died at the end of the summer of 1087, at the age of 60. The story goes that he wanted to take the Vexin back from the King of France and wash away the insult he had made by comparing his build to a pregnant woman. During his victory in Mantes, he suffered a violent horse fall. Brought back to Rouen, Guillaume asked to be taken to Saint-Gervais. He agonised there for six weeks. When he died, his entourage fled with weapons, gold dishes and even his clothes.
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