Saint-Quentin-des-Prés: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

The Église Saint-Quentin has an 11th-century nave featuring herringbone masonry. Its bell tower was built in the 13th century and has survived to this day. The choir and the southern chapel probably date from the 15th century; the chapel contains the church’s only stone vault.

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Culture

The Église Saint-Quentin also houses the Vierge de Mothois, a crowned and veiled statue of the Virgin Mary. Stylistically, it is attributed to depictions of the Virgin Mary from the late 12th or early 13th century.

In Mothois stands the Église Saint-Germain, a single-nave building with an apse. The choir is attributed mainly to the 16th century and the nave to the 17th century. Its furnishings include a stone baptismal font from the early 13th century and a polychrome Baroque altarpiece from 1717.

The historic site of Abbaye de Saint-Germer-de-Fly is located in the immediate vicinity of Saint-Quentin-des-Prés. The historic sites of Prieuré de Saint-Arnoult and Abbaye de Lannoy are also located nearby. Further afield in the region lies the historic site of Abbaye de Beaupré.

Nature

Two local streams meet in Saint-Quentin-des-Prés, then flow past Mothois and into the Epte.

Les Vergers de Mothois in Saint-Quentin-des-Prés combines sheep farming, apple trees, aromatic and medicinal plants, and berry fruit in an organically managed valley with a hedgerow landscape. Sheep graze there between the rows of apple trees; this is part of an integration of crop cultivation and livestock farming.

Other places: Mont-l'évêque, Belle-Eglise, Grandvilliers, Cires-lès-Mello, Auteuil, Fresneaux-Montchevreuil, Cauvigny, Roye-Sur-Matz.

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