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FORTIFIED CHURCH OF ST. QUENTIN

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57160Scy-Chazelles, France
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2024
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2024

This church has a large choir, itself surmounted by a tower defended by a walkway, battlements and a machicolation

Of a rather rustic nature, this fortified Romanesque church of the 12th century has the appearance of a medieval fortress. Located in front of Robert Schuman's house, its visit is a must! Magnificently restored, the Saint-Quentin church has a large choir, itself surmounted by a tower defended by a parapet walk, battlements and a machicolation. Important transformations were undertaken in 1887 when the Moselle was part of the German Empire: large windows were opened, the Romanesque door was closed and a new door was opened to the east. Buttresses were built and the chevet was covered with wood panelling. It was the German architect Paul Tornow who undertook this work; he would later work on the facade of the Saint-Etienne cathedral in Metz. During a first restoration in 1966, murals were uncovered in the apse and in 1999, during a second restoration, some of Tornow's buttresses were removed, in order to give the church the more traditional appearance of the fortified churches of the Metz region. Three years after his death in his home in Scy-Chazelles in 1963, the remains of Robert Schuman were transferred to the nave of the church. Since 2005, a new liturgical furniture (altar, ambo, tabernacle), designed mainly in stone of Jaumont, can be observed. Its modern and refined style reminds us that it was made by the Moselle artist Arcabas. A visit is a must!

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