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Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church, also known as Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, is a parish church located in Vaudherland, Val-d'Oise. It is distinguished by its simple structure: a single nave of five spans, a three-sided choir and a polygonal bedside. Its facades, covered with a white coating from two meters high, are pierced with partially ogival windows. The bell tower, integrated with the western facade, barely peaks above the roof in a building, covered with flat tiles and slates. A very small funeral chapel, Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, stands in front of the building, recalling the chapels of the cemeteries.

The church houses remarkable furniture, including a 1744 bronze bell offered by Parisian bourgeois, an 18th-century celebrant's armchair, and polychrome wooden statues from the 16th to 18th centuries. Among these are a Saint John with Calvary, a Virgin with Child, and a Saint Anne, from an ancient beam of glory or created specifically for the building. These elements testify to the artistic and religious richness of the place, despite its modest size.

The history of the church dates back to 1202, with a first chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame, linked to a pilgrimage. A parish church was attested in the 13th century and mentioned in a stiletto in 1525. The present building, mainly built in the 18th century, may have preserved remains of these earlier periods. The Notre-Dame-des-Victoires chapel, located in front of the church, was rebuilt in 1891. The cemetery, still adjacent to the church, has only one row of graves along the fence walls, highlighting the intimacy of this place of worship and memory.

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