The Church were Joan of Arc was baptised

The architecture

The church has undergone some transformations over the centuries.
Among these took place a change in orientation in 1824 : the archway above the portal used to show the entrance of the choir.
When the walls were scraped in 1956, ancient windows appeared on each side of the portal, the only one dating from the origin of the church.
The window on the right hand side has kept its muilion and its flowered tympanum.
Outside the church, a turret gives access to the bell tower and the attics.
Inside the church, three low naves and their vaults were rearranged in 1582. 1698, and 1904.
Two spans have been added forming a transept in the front of the choir with three neo-gothic stained glass window.

Inside the church and the baptismal font upon which Joan was baptised

The treasures

The stoup to the right of the entrance dates from the XIIIth century.
Behind the pillar, there is a fresco of San Sebastien dated 1586, next to a statue of Saint Margaret in front of which Joan would come to pray.
On each side of the choir, there are two "retable" altars from the end of the XVIth century.
In the left transept stands the baptismal font upon which Joan was baptised.
On the wall an ornate tombstone with the coat-of arms of the Thiesselin brothers, descendants of one of Joan's godmothers, can be seen.
On the way out, the " last breath", created in Carrara marbte by the sculptor Real del Sarte can be found ; the pedestal contains earth from the pyre of Rouen.

last breath

The stained glass windows

After being damaged in 1940 they were replaced by new stained glasses created by J.P. GAUDIN.

They depict the major events of Joan's life.

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