Église Saint-Remi, Gothic Revival church in Amiens, France.
Église Saint-Remi is a church building featuring pointed arches, carved stone ornaments, and colored glass windows in the Gothic Revival style. The structure displays the architectural characteristics typical of late 19th-century French religious buildings.
Construction began in 1889 under parish priest Louis Eugène Debeaumont, to plans by architect Paul Delefortrie, on the site of the former Cordeliers convent church. High costs halted work in 1891, leaving only the choir and transept built. The organ was inaugurated in 1900, and after World War I Pierre Ansart added the sacristy. The church and sacristy were listed as monuments historiques on 17 August 2001.
The church is entrusted by the Diocese of Amiens to the Polish-speaking Catholic community, who worship here regularly. The windows in the apse depict the life of Saint Remigius, while the triforium windows show the history of the Cordeliers (Franciscans), whose convent once stood on this site.
The church stands in the centre of Amiens, on the site of the former Cordeliers convent, a short walk from the cathedral. Only the choir and transept were built, so the interior is compact; the 1631 tomb of Nicolas de Lannoy, moved here in 1889, is inside. The building is inscribed as a monument historique and is used by the Polish-speaking Catholic community.
Inside stands the tomb of Nicolas de Lannoy and Magdelaine de Mutterel, carved by Nicolas Blasset and moved here in 1889 from the old Cordeliers church. Its double representation of the deceased, with kneeling figures, recumbent effigies and cardinal virtues, is described as a case without equal in northern France.
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