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The church of Saint-Christophe de Nitry, located in the Yonne department in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is a religious building built in the 1st quarter of the 16th century, mainly in the flamboyant Gothic style. It consists of a nave with three vessels, a forearm flanked by side chapels, and a choir in semicircular apse. The bell tower, on three levels, dominates the first span of the southern collateral and is surmounted by a slate polygonal arrow, rebuilt between 1935 and 1940 with a height reduction of 1.50 m. The arches, with warheads or liernes and thirdons, as well as the carved keys of the 4th and 5th spans, bear witness to a careful ornamentation, mixing Gothic and Renaissance elements.

The façade has a main gate in broken arch crowned with a gable in a braid decorated with foliage and snails, framed with pinnacles. A more sober side portal has a curved arch. Inside, the windows of the nave and chapels date back to 1872, while the washbasin of the right chapel and some windows in the middle of the middle of the 16th century reflect changes. A small left side chapel, formerly awning portal leading to the priory of Molesmes, illustrates the historical links of the site with the monks. The building, registered with the historical monuments in 1995, belongs to the commune of Nitry.

The architecture of the church reveals a stylistic homogeneity for most of its construction (late 15th–early 16th century), with later additions such as the bell tower arrow or the 19th century stained glass windows. The veins of the nave, of various profiles, and the openings (flamboyant broken arches or full-angle Renaissance) underline this evolution. The stone floor, flat tile or zinc roofs, and the cul-de-four structure of the choir complete this architectural heritage marked by medieval and renaissant influences.

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