Nemours,

Saint-Jean-Baptist

Place de la République, 77140 Nemours

1653 - Pierre Désenclos et Jacques Lefebvre

1703 - François Thierry

1744 - Nicolas Collard

1782 - François Callinet et Adrien Picart-Lépine

1849 - Daublaine et Callinet

1933 - Victor Gonzalez

1988 - Yves Koenig

III/28 - traction mécanique - composition

The church was founded by Gautier 1st of Nemours in 1170, with the agreement of the King of France Louis VII and William of Champagne Archbishop of Sens, in order to receive the relics of the Saint brought back from Sebaste. It consists of 3 distinct age parts: The 17th century porch: Topped by a spire culminating at about 60 meters, it is part of the original building (its archivolts still seem Romanesque) and offers characteristic elements of early Gothic; A reconstruction in the 16th and 17th centuries: Probably destroyed in the fire of the city at the beginning of the 15th century, the church was rebuilt from 1445 and consecrated in 1595. The choir was built in the 16th century and the nave was raised in the 17th century. Built on a rectangular plan, the building has three radiating chapels with polygonal bell towers, as well as a transept beginning that was never completed. The interior redesigned in the 19th century: The stained glass windows were installed around 1850, the neo-Gothic furniture was made around 1890, including the stone and marble high altar dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. Source

The organ was built in 1653 by Pierre Désenclos and Jacques Lefebvre with the help of the sculptor and carpenter ordinary of the Chamber of King Charles Véniat and the carpenter Hendi Heurtault, of Nemours, to build the case. It was overhauled in 1703 by François Thierry. In 1744, a positive of 9 stops, built by Nicolas Collard, was installed by the carpenter Guyon, of Nemours. In 1782, the instrument was enlarged by the addition of pedal stops by François Callinet and Adrien Picart-Lépine. In 1849, Baron (working for Daublaine-Callinet) was commissioned to restore the instrument. The keyboards and wind tunnel were replaced. In 1933, Victor Gonzalez was commissioned to restore the instrument assisted, among other collaborators, by Rudolf von Beckerath. In the 1970s, the repair of the nave is fatal to the instrument and from 1985 to 1988, it was completely restored by Yves Koenig (removal of the additions of the 19th and 20th centuries and a return to the instrument of 1782). Source et photos