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Notre Dame de Jambville Church dans les Yvelines

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Caquetoire
Eglise romane et gothique
Yvelines

Notre Dame de Jambville Church

    64 Rue du Moustier
    78440 Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Église Notre-Dame de Jambville
Crédit photo : Pierre Poschadel - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1023
Foundation of the parish
XIIe siècle (début)
Construction of Romanesque tympanum
1220-1230
Addition of the southern crusillon and chapel
XIIe siècle (milieu)
Building the base of the bell tower
1510-1540
Nave vault and collateral
1790
Connection to the diocese of Versailles
4 juin 1926
Registration for historical monuments
17 octobre 1938
Ranking of the bell tower and eardrum
années 1980
Restoration of the bell tower
2016
Call for donations for roofing
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Church, except parts classified: registration by order of 4 June 1926; Clocher et tympan roman : classification by decree of 17 October 1938

Key figures

Jean Vital Gautier - Local historian Attests the foundation of the parish in 1023.
Abbé de Saint-Germer-de-Fly - Collator of the cure Share the tithe with the priest.
Pierre de Jambville - Local Lord Effigy on a funerary slab (XIII-14th century).
Louis Régnier - Archaeologist Studyed the church in the early 20th century.
Monique Richard-Rivoire - History of Art Specialist of the flamboyant churches of Vexin.

Origin and history

The Church of Notre-Dame de Jambville, located in the Yvelines in Île-de-France, is a parish Catholic building whose origins date from the twelfth century. It is distinguished by its rectangular plan and its ten spans, typical of the small rural churches of the region. Although modified several times, it retains Romanesque elements such as the squared tympanum north of the nave and an octagonal bell tower topped by a Gothic stone arrow. Its architecture, less rigorous than that of the large contemporary buildings, presents numerous irregularities, characteristic of local constructions.

The foundation of the parish was attested in 1023, under the archdiocese of Rouen. The present church is the result of several construction campaigns: the base of the bell tower and the Romanesque tympanum date back to the 12th century, while the southern crusillon and the chapel of the Virgin, in Gothic style, were added around 1220-1230. The nave and its collateral, vaulted in flamboyant style, were built between 1510 and 1540. Despite significant deteriorations (loss of capital sculptures, replacement of windows), the church was partially restored in the 20th century, with a reconstruction of medieval polychromy.

Partially classified as historical monuments (clocher and tympanum in 1938, rest of the building registered in 1926), the church Notre-Dame illustrates the adaptation of major architectural styles (Roman, Gothic, flamboyant) in a rural context. Today affiliated with the parish of Limay-Vexin, it hosts Sunday Masses about every two months. Its furniture includes a 14th century Child Virgin and a classified medieval funeral slab.

Outside, the octagonal bell tower, restored in the 1980s, dominates a building with crept walls and partially Romanesque foothills. The northern tympanum, adorned with a rare losnge apparatus in the area, and the remains of the extinct northern crusillon testify to its complex history. The church, surrounded by the walls of the old cemetery, is located near the castle of Jambville, in a preserved setting of traffic flows.

Restoration campaigns (1980-1990s) have made it possible to restore visual coherence inside, in particular through the restitution of polychromies in the nave and the southern crusillon. However, work remains necessary, such as the renovation of the roof, estimated at €86 000 in 2016. The call for donations launched through the Heritage Foundation highlights the challenges of preserving this rural heritage.

The church is part of the landscape of the French Vexin, an area marked by churches with hybrid architectures, often redesigned over the centuries. Its history reflects the religious evolutions (passage from the Archdiocese of Rouen to the diocese of Versailles after the Revolution) and social, with a local priory and a tithe shared between the Abbé de Saint-Germer-de-Fly and the parish priest. Today, it remains an active place of worship and a testimony of medieval rural art in Île-de-France.

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