France - Honfleur, Église Saint-Léonard

Église Saint-Léonard (Saint-Léonard Church), first mentioned in a document dating from 1186, was destroyed by the English during the Hundred Years' War in 1357. In 1419, the church was rebuilt and is still in use as a parish church. The Saint-Léonard Church was built in honour of Leonardo, a young nobleman from the royal court of Clovis. He is considered being the patron saint of prisoners.

The façade, dating from the late 15th/early 16th century, is in the original Gothic architecture of that period, but the major part of the building was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries. The octagonal bell tower, dating from 1760, has a dome-like shape.

The interior - a long nave with side aisles - is decorated with paintings on both the walls and the wooden vaulted ceiling. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1980.