The Church Saint Géry of Inchy !

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Again,now on more familiar territory but always new finds in my road warrior ways ! I have passed by here several times but never stop until now, I came over to see family again, my dear late wife Martine oldest brother and voilà a new older spot in my world map ! This is the continuation of wonderful sights in the dept 59 Nord of the region of Hauts de France, and in my belle France , Therefore, let me tell you about Inchy and its Church of Saint Géry ! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Inchy or Inchy en Cambrésis is crossed by the department route 643, whic we took. The town only has 676 inhabitants ! So no mayor’s office, Around Inchy there is Beaumont en Cambrésis which is 1.2 km away, Troisvilles is at 1.9 km, and  Béthencourt is at 3 km. This is really rural France at its best ; lovely ride on the D643 again, that was in my earlier times the N43,

What made us stop this time was the imposing church on the road 643, This Church Saint Géry, remodeled in the 19C, is original in more than one way: it is built on former underground passages and its astonishing bell tower is without equivalent in the district: It was modified during its reconstruction after the Great War in 1922, it presents a very particular massive look. This church with an original bell tower was built above the quarries which had become inaccessible and marked in certain places by serious collapses. The vault was opened and the entrance almost filled in around 1873, during renovation work on the choir. The vault originally located under the chancel is now almost in the center of the church, the original chancel, much smaller, having been enlarged. The barrel-vaulted nave is flanked by two aisles, each ending in a cut layout, and separated by three blue stone columns. In the church a stone, the oldest, engraved and dated 1573 is placed under the gallery in a wooden frame. Damaged in 1918, the bell tower was modified during the reconstruction in 1922: it is now lower and the turrets are larger. Interesting indeed 

Inchy ch Saint Gery front belltower oct23

Inchy ch Saint Gery back chevet oct23

Other sights, no time to see, but worth the detour eventually, me think are the former Protestant temple The first temple was demolished in 1857. The second neoclassical Protestant temple was inaugurated in the1990’s, Also the Parc et Château de Clermont., it was from 15C until the French revolution, belonged to the Esclaibes family, most recently to Louis Charles Joseph d’Esclaibes de Clairmont. Sold during the French revolution, it was abandoned after WWII, then demolished in 2007. Its appearance is known from old postcards. Until 1780, the Clermont estate was located in the territory of Béthencourt, before being attached to that of Inchy.

The local Cambresis tourist office on the church of Inchy : https://www.tourisme-cambresis.fr/eglise-saint-gery-inchy.html

There you go folks, a dandy wonderful road warrior ride that we love it much, This time in the north of France and just lovely, Family area and memories flashing, but glad I did it . Again, hope you enjoy the post on Inchy and its Church of Saint Géry 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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