Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Vaast

The area belonged to Verberie (3 kms north), an important place during in Carolingian times. Charles Martel met Pope Gregory III here, Charlemagne, Martel´s grandson, built a palace in Verberie. Archaeologists could prove, that there were at least two preceding churches, when the erection of this church started around 1100. At that times, this was a single nave structure. Modifications started already around 1160, when and aisle was added a more "modern" apse was added, replacing an older one. The portal, seen here, is extraordinary. It consists out of four large zig-zag-archivolts. The nearby church of Rully (10kms south), with a similar but but smaller zigzag design, was built within the same decades. The towers of both churches show as well parallels, so the workshops may have closely cooperated.

The area belonged to Verberie (3 kms north), an important place during in Carolingian times. Charles Martel met Pope Gregory III here, Charlemagne, Martel´s grandson, built a palace in Verberie. Archaeologists could prove, that there were at least two preceding churches, when the erection of the church, seen here, started around 1100. At that times, this was a single nave structure. Modifications started already around 1160, when and aisle was added a more "modern" apse was added, replacing an older one.