Church of Saint Martin du Plessier-Rozainvillers dans la Somme

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Origin and history

The church of Saint-Martin du Plessier-Rozainvillers is a religious building built in the 15th century in the department of the Somme, about 25 km southeast of Amiens. It illustrates the flamboyant Gothic style, with a two-sided nave and a choir finished with a three-sided apse. Its quadrangular bell tower, typical of picardic churches, dominates the building to the north, at the junction of the choir and the nave.

The church suffered significant damage in 1918 during the Battle of Amiens during the First World War. The destroyed parts, including the façade and the upper part of the bell tower, were rebuilt in the 1920s. The facade, redone in brick, incorporates a sculpted tympanum representing the Charity of St.Martin, while the bell tower was capped with an arrow in slate.

Inside, the church houses notable heritage elements, including 18th-century wooden sculptures depicting the Virgin and Saint Aubin, as well as a bas-relief of Christ in the Jardin des Oliviers. The glass windows, created in 1934 by artists Jean Hébert-Stevens and Pauline Peugniez, bear witness to the glass art of the inter-war period. The structure, built mostly in chalk, preserves flamboyant bays illuminating the nave, characteristic of its time of construction.

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