Saint Germain Church

The church of Saint-Germain de Pasquier in the Eure is an 11th century Romanesque church that depended on the Abbey of Bec-Hellouin. It is distinguished by its half-timbers visible from the nave.
Status of the donation campaign:
completed
Project Schedule:
Engagement de France Terre de Clochers :
2025
Financial contribution from France Terre de Clochers:
2025
Completion of work:
2026

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The Saint-Germain church of Saint-Germain-de-Pasquier is one of the oldest in the diocese of Évreux. Built in the 11th century, it preserves remarkable Romanesque elements: west gate, south stone wall, semi-circular apse with flat buttresses and arch in full hangar decorated with carved harpsichords. The medieval stone and stone parts are part of the Norman conquests, while the local lord belonged to the Harcourt family, close to William the Conqueror. Around 1080 the tithes were given to the Abbey of Bec-Hellouin, and the seigneury passed to the Barons of Bec-Thomas until the Revolution.

The church is distinguished by a rare characteristic: its north wall, rebuilt in the 16th century in half-timbered and visible from the nave. This wooden panel structure, composed of poles, sandstones and spacers, integrates into the liturgical space, made unique in the Eure and exceptional in France. The half-timber, usually reserved for civil architecture, gives the building a singularity reinforced by the apparent frame in the shape of a boat hull turned.

Today attached to the parish of Saint-Louis de la Saussaye, the church is being restored on the northern facade, sacristy and nave. The village, located in the Neubourg Country, also has the Saint Clotilde Fountain, a high place of pilgrimage until the 19th century, where the faithful invoked the saint for the health of children and healing.

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