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The Saint-Sulpice d'Huppy Church, located in the west of the Somme department near Abbeville, is a religious building built around 1500. Its vaults, made around 1550, illustrate the flamboyant Gothic architecture of the Renaissance. The bell tower, adorned with a corbelled balustrade, is surmounted by an arrow covered with slates, while the nave and the choir house vaults of frame and stone, the latter decorated with pendant keys restored after the Second World War.

Ranked a historic monument by order of 16 September 1907, the church suffered extensive damage during the Battle of Abbeville in 1940. Its restoration, carried out between the 1960s and 1970s, preserved its remarkable elements, such as the stained glass windows of the seigneurial chapel of the family of Teufles and those of the chapel of Saint Sebastian, dating from 1545 and restored at the end of the 19th century. These stained glass windows, laid before the war, were resettled after the conflict. The building also houses a 15th century stone bentier, now used as baptismal fonts.

A small museum, built in the bell tower, evokes the three passages of General de Gaulle in the village of Huppy, located in the Vimeu. He exhibited sacred art objects, artifacts from the everyday life of the past, and puppets created by Lucien Caron. This museum adds a historical and cultural dimension to the visit of the church, testifying to its anchoring in local and national memory.

The church of Saint Sulpice, owned by the commune of Huppy, is a representative example of Picard's religious heritage. Its architecture, marked by the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, reflects the artistic and technical developments of its time. Successive restorations have kept its authenticity while adapting it to contemporary needs, as evidenced by the stained glass windows and sculpted elements preserved despite conflicts.

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