Église Saint-Salomon et Saint-Grégoire

English translation

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History

The Church of Saint-Salomon, built from the late 11th century, suffered several destructions followed by partial reconstructions. It is today a building whose gothic structure is adorned with Renaissance and Classical elements. In 1080 a church was built by Régnier de Flandre, Bishop of Orléans. Only the apse, now a lateral chapel, remains of it today, along with the crossing which supports the bell tower and the south arm of the transept serving as a sacristy since the 17th century. The church burned in 1428. It was rebuilt during the 16th century, then mutilated in 1562 by Protestants. The bell tower burned in 1594. The building was restored in 1596 (portal of the right arm), in 1608-1610 (reconstruction of the wooden spire of the bell tower), in 1627 (portal of the left arm), in 1635 (western portal), in 1650 (vaults remade in wood), in 1656-1660 (high altar, by Antoine Charpentier). In 1784-1789, a great organ was created by Joseph Isnard. The building evolved during the 19th century: in 1853, fire to the wooden roof structure of the spire and project for reconstruction by Pierre Adolphe Foulon (architect-surveyor), in 1855, inauguration of the new metal spire built by Romuald Dufour (Parisian contractor), in 1862 report on the poor condition of the tower and the bell tower, and, around 1870, addition of a false plaster triforium and installation of neo-gothic joinery to the left chapels of the nave.