The Church Saint Maurice of Lille, part II !!!

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Again, for the story, It took me a while , worse when you have family about an hour from the city. But often said, living and visiting are two different things . When in the area stay with family and this time again,however, did it in reverse order, when to see Lille and its sights, (stay tune for posts), and then went to see family. Therefore, let me tell you about the Church Saint Maurice of Lille, part II  !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The oldest is the Church of Saint-Maurice, parvis Saint Maurice off Rue Pierre Mauroy is a typical of Flemish religious architecture, in Gothic and Neo-Gothic style with five naves. Located in the Centre district, the first elements of its construction date back to the beginning of the 14C, but it was profoundly altered in the 17C and then in the 19C. It contains numerous paintings from the 17-18C,

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The sacristies, built between 1859 and 1863, and the three western bays of the nave with the bell tower (1867-1877). The church benefited from a final expansion in the 19C as it was then to be promoted to Lille Cathedral; which ultimately did not happenned due to the construction of the Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille Cathedral (see posts). In 2001, an arson attack took place in the south sacristy sadly. The axial chapel of the holy priest of Ars was fortunately spared. The identical reconstruction of the roof of this chapel was the starting point of a major campaign to restore the church: apse of the church and sacristy, then facades of the side naves and finally the covers and roofs ( in slate from Wales) in June 2010, In 2019 and 2020, the church square was redeveloped at the same time as rue Pierre-Mauroy and the facade and bell tower of the church were the subject of a new highlighted.

Lille ch Saint Maurice chapel St Maurice oct23

Lille ch Saint Maurice chapel Resurrection Christ oct23

Lille ch Saint Maurice chapel Virgin oct23

The Church Saint Maurice today has a long nave of seven bays with double aisles and tower in work still, A barely protruding transept of five bays, A choir of three bays with five-sided apse, collaterals, Four side chapels, An integrated ambulatory three radiating chapels. It is a hall church , as it has only one level of elevation and all the naves are of the same width and height. The architecture is more particularly in the Brabant Gothic style. The tower ends with an openwork spire. The flamboyant interior decor is sober. The plan of the bedside is original: the ambulatory is joined to the radiating chapels by the same vault. The fact of combining, at the end of the Middle Ages, the economic structure of a hall church with an ambulatory is extremely rare.The church was robbed during the French revolution (of course) ; the revolutionary confiscations were gathered at the former Récollets convent, rue des Arts. Part of this furniture was returned to it at the beginning of the 19C.

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Lille ch Saint Maurice pulpit closeup oct23

The Lille tourist office on the Church Saint Maurice : https://en.lilletourism.com/historic-sites-and-monuments-lille/saint-maurice.html

The Parish of St Eubert on the Church Saint Maurice : https://paroissesteubert-lille.fr/culture/leglise-sainte-marie-madeleine/

The City of Lille on the Church Saint Maurice : https://www.lille.fr/Nos-equipements/Eglise-Saint-Maurice

There you go folks, a dandy city of the Nord that is North of France. I was finally back to Lille and it was great with many family memories flashing but glad I did it now. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Church Saint Maurice of Lille, part II as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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