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16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé
Septembre 2023
Samedi 16
14:00 - 18:00
Dimanche 17
14:00 - 18:00
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De 12 à 99 ans

Église Saint-Martin

20 rue Biesta 77290 Mitry-Mory
  • Seine-et-Marne
  • Île-de-France

Guided tour of the Saint-Martin church

The church of Saint Martin de Mitry-Mory is a major witness of the campaign of church constructions in the north of the country of France in the Renaissance. It was built between 1500 and 1550, and it
16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé
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The church of Saint Martin of Mitry-Mory is a major witness of the campaign of church construction in the north of the country of France in the Renaissance. It was built between 1500 and 1550, and its style perfectly represents the transition between flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance style. Although it is still being restored, you can already admire its incredible choir with five chapels, including a chapel built under (and for?) Henri II, who has preserved its decoration sculpted with for example the salamander of his father and his own emblem and monogram. There is also Christ’s recumbent body, which, to be a polychrome plaster of the 19th century, is no less extraordinary, as well as a ceiling with an enigmatic decoration. In another chapel a remarkable legend of Saint Roch, from the 16th century. Further on, a rich 17th and 18th century furniture. These elements are presented through an exhibition and conference visits. But the church of Saint Martin houses above all a baroque organ, perhaps the most beautiful of Île de France. Built in 1649 by one of the best workshops in France, enlarged in 1750 by the House Clicquot, it escaped the restorations of the nineteenth century, so that it has retained most of its original material, which can make it compete with Poitiers or Souvigny. We can also admire the magnificent seventeenth buffet, which also reached us almost intact. A free entrance concert will be given on Sunday afternoon.

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Église Saint-Martin
20 rue Biesta 77290 Mitry-Mory
  • Seine-et-Marne
  • Île-de-France
The Saint Martin church of Mitry-Mory is one of the most beautiful examples of these Renaissance churches that were built between Brie and Valois. Although the nave still needs to be restored, the vast choir is one of the architectural and iconographic marvels of the region; one can admire the magnificent chapel built under Henry II, whose ceiling remains an unsolved enigma to this day.
The church also has a 17th-18th century organ, which is one of the last witnesses of the French classical style; it does not have its equivalent in the Île de France. It can be visited with an internationally renowned organist. A concert will be given at 4:30 p.m.
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Site patrimonial remarquable & Édifice religieux
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