"The size of a cathedral, Eglise St-Sulpice-de-Favières can accommodate up to four thousand worshipers at a mass. Renowned as "the most beautiful village church in France", it was built in 1260 to replace a small chapel.
Become a place of pilgrimage following a legend according to which Saint-Sulpice would have resurrected a drowned child there, one can visit the chapel of miracles sheltering the reliquary bust of Saint Sulpice. St-Sulpice-de-Favières Church is open every day outside worship hours.
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The church, oriented to the north-east, is built according to a longitudinal plan without a transept and with a chevet with three canted sides. The building is divided into three naves, a central one and two aisles, and six bays. Presence of annex buildings to the north, including a chapel.
Exterior elevation:
The gabled facade is pierced in the center by a portal surmounted by a sculpted tympanum inscribed in a large three-level pointed arch itself inscribed in a gable, the top of which has disappeared. This large portal is framed by two others and framed by two buttresses.
To the north and south, the facade has two levels of elevation. Each time it is pierced by a small gate with arched covings and surmounted by a large arched window composed of lancets and a small rose window. Corner buttresses reinforce the façade.
The bell tower is engaged in the north aisle. It is pierced with long semi-circular twin bays and is supported by corner buttresses. It is covered with a saddleback roof on which is located a ridge cross.
The central nave and the choir are also covered with a pitched roof, while the aisles and the chapel have a sloping roof.
The side facades are pierced with bays with lancets inscribed in a pointed arch alternating with buttresses.
The apse has three levels of elevation consisting of lancet bays alternating with buttresses. Two flying buttresses are in support to the north and south.
Interior elevation:
The central vessel has two levels of elevation. First of all, large broken arch arcades falling on piers mark the bays. They are surmounted by a solid wall.
The aisles and the choir are vaulted with warheads, while the central nave is covered with a paneled barrel vault with exposed framework."