"Behind stones"

Name: "Behind stones"
Start: 2023-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Christophe

Autonomous discovery of the inside of the church and of the crypt by using beacons(tags) (flashcodes).

Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:00Passed

Conditions

Do not forget to equip your portable of a (free) application allowing to read QR-CODE (FLASHCODES); every beacon(tag) will deliver you explanation concerning what you see.

©MAJ/"Amis de Créteil"/

Equipé of your portable or possibly, if you have not it, with the help of a member(limb) of the Friends of Créteil which will be provided with it, you will be able, with your rhythm and to the liking of your curiosity, bare some which of the secrets of the church Saint Christophe or simply fill with wonder(marvel,be impressed).
Think, before coming, of loading(charging) a (free) application allowing you to read QR-codes.

About the location

Église Saint-Christophe

Place de l'Église 94000 Créteil

Val-de-Marne
Île-de-France

The different parts of the church bear the mark of the centuries during which they were altered.
The crypt: taken over in the Romanesque era, it has three naves separated by four colonnettes determining nine identical bays vaulted with edges. Under the altar of the crypt (whose table is formed by a stone taken from the local quarries) are presented the relics of the martyrs of Créteil: Agoard, Aglibert and their companions.
The Romanesque steeple: tower of nearly thirty meters high, reinforced with buttresses of corner and overhanging the Romanesque porch. It houses three bells: Marie (200 books) dating from 1552, Joséphine Élisabeth (2500 books) rebuilt in 1867, Agoard and Aglibert (800 books) installed in 1992.
The church: it adopts the plan of a basilica (central nave joined by two collaterals). A three-storey elevation had been planned but could only be achieved in the chancel (high windows and crossed warheads leaning on beams of columns resting on the pillars). The nave remains c