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The church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Condécourt, located in Val-d The base of the bell tower, vaulted with ridges and adorned with arches in the full hanger with impostes decorated with steel teeth, bears witness to this archaic Romanesque period. The first octagonal floor of the bell tower, dating from the beginning of the 12th century, has bays in full hanger flanked by twisted columns, while the second floor, soberer and with broken arches, was added to the Gothic era. These elements, although partially masked by later constructions, illustrate the stylistic evolution of the building.

In the 13th century, the chapel of the Virgin and the Gothic choir were built, marking a transition to a more elaborate style. The chapel, completed by an apse in the Hemicycle, combines primitive Gothic elements (buttress with ressauts, adorned cornice) and arches with warheads dated from the beginning of the thirteenth century, suggesting an interruption of the site. The choir, composed of two dogive vaulted spans, includes hooked capitals and arch keys adorned with foliage, characteristic of the nascent radiant Gothic. These additions transform the church into a heterogeneous yet harmonious architectural ensemble, unified by the use of local stones of the same colour.

The present nave, rebuilt in the eighteenth century in a sober neoclassical style, contrasts with medieval parts. With no foothills and simply ceiling, it opens on the base of the bell tower and the choir by arcades with various profiles (full hanger, third point). Although stripped, this nave highlights ancient elements, such as architectural polychromy preserved near the southern arcade. The ensemble, classified as historical monuments in 1925, thus reflects almost seven centuries of architectural history, from Romanesque origins to modern times.

The church, now affiliated with the parish of Averns and Marines, retains modest but remarkable furniture, including two 16th and 16th century bronze bells classified as objects, as well as liturgical elements such as a rock tabernacle and individual stalls. Although Sunday Masses are rare (two or three a year), the building remains a living testimony to the religious heritage of the French Vexin, marked by its irregular plan and juxtaposition of styles.

Its octagonal bell tower, rare in the region, is part of a local tradition including examples such as Brueil-en-Vexin or Omerville. The bays on the first floor, decorated with columnettes with Romanesque capitals, and the second floor with broken arches, illustrate this stylistic duality. The chapel of the Virgin, with its three-branched vaults and carved capitals, offers an early example of primitive Gothicism in Île-de-France, while the choir, with its sharp formations and slender supports, evokes a more advanced Gothic period.

The history of Condécourt, erected as a parish in the 12th century according to Abbé Gautier, is linked to the Archdiocese of Rouen before its attachment to the diocese of Pontoise in 1966. Under the Ancien Régime, the cure was alternately carried out by the abbots of Bec and Coulombs, stressing its anchoring in regional monastic networks. The building, although modified over the centuries, thus preserves traces of its medieval past, while integrating classical elements, making it an emblematic monument of the Vexian heritage.

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