French Cathedrals & Churches

Échebrune - Évry

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Échebrune, St-Pierre

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Approach from south; nave (12th c.); choir & bell-tower (15th c.)

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Tower cupola with bell pull rope, looking west (12th c.)

Elbeuf, St-Étienne

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Exterior from northeast (rebuilt after 1517)

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Choir looking east (rebuilt after 1517)

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Choir rood beam (18th c.) & vault (rebuilt after 1517)

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East end choir windows (early 16th c.)

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East end choir 'Crucifixion' window, upper panels (early 16th c.)

Elne Cathedral

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West front (11th c.); north red brick tower (19th c.)

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West front Romanesque south tower with Lombard bands (11th c.)

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East end (11th c.)

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Cloister north gallery columns & capitals (mid-13th c.)

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South gallery capital (12th c.)

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South gallery capital, 'Soldiers accompanying Saul on the road to Damascus' (late 12th c.)

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East gallery 'Wise Men' capital (early 14th c.)

Entrevaux Cathedral

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South exterior (1610-27) from southwest

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Choir (1610-27); vault modified (1780)

Épine, L’, Notre-Dame

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West front (1405-1527)

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Nave looking east (1405-1527)

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Renaissance stone screen & stair to rood screen in north ambulatory (15th-early 16th c.)

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Organ (16th c.) in north transept

Évreux Cathedral

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West façade (1575-91)

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West front rose exterior (c. 1591)

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South tower (16th c.) & crossing tower (1467) with spire from southwest

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South nave exterior (12th-13th c.) with side chapels added (14th c.)

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Flamboyant Gothic cloister (16th c.)

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Cloister gallery (16th c.)

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East end exterior (13th c.); axial Lady Chapel (1461-70)

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Gargoyles on northeast choir (1260-1310)

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North transept (Cossart, early 16th c.)

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North transept rose (1511-31)

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North nave exterior (early 13th c.) with chapels (14th c.) decorated (16th c.)

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Nave looking east (12th-13th c.)

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North nave arcade (1119-93); triforium & clerestory (mid-13th c.)

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5th north nave Chapelle St-Aquilin (16th c.)

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Organ (Pascal Quoirin; case by Decaris, 2005) at west end

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Lantern (1467) at crossing

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Lantern (1467)

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South transept lancets (16th c.)

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South transept rose, 'Coronation of the Virgin' (16th c.)

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4th south ambulatory chapel, verrières en grisaille (14th c.)

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Lady Chapel, 4th south window, lower panels (15th c.)

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North transept rose, 'Last Judgment' (1511-31)

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Choir wrought-iron grille (18th c.)

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North choir wrought-iron grille (18th c.)

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North choir glazed triforium (1498-1515) & clerestory (14th c.)

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East end choir clerestory, center window (14th c.)

Écouen, St-Acceul

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South exterior with raised choir (16th c.)

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North choir aisle lierne vault (16th c.)

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1st north choir window, Death of the Virgin (Jean Cousin, 1544)

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1st north choir window, Death of the Virgin, center panels (Jean Cousin, 1544)

Elbeuf, St-Jean

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Choir from southeast (15th c., rebuilt 17th c.)

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'Tree of Jesse' (early 16th c.), 4th north nave window

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Organ at west end

Embrun Cathedral

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Approaching Embrun from the west

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West front portal & rose exterior

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North nave porch, the 'Réal' (late 12th-early 13th c.)

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Nave looking east (late 12th-early 13th c.)

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Organ (1464) on north nave wall

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West end rose (15th c.)

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High altar (18th c.)

Épinal, Basilique St-Maurice

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West front tower (late 12th c.)

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South transept turret (12th c.) & chevet (2nd half 13th c.)

Étampes, Notre-Dame-du-Fort

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Tower & spire (62 m.) (12th c.)

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North transept window, lower panes (16th c.)

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Statue & mural above sacristy door (14th c.)

Eu, Collégiale St-Laurent

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Nave looking east (1186-1240)

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Organ buffet, upper levels (1614) at west end

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Spiral column in south transept (1556)

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Choir (rebuilt 1556)

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East end windows, stone tracery (16th c.)

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Funerary statue of Jean d'Artois (14th c.) in crypt

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Funerary statue of Charles d'Artois (15th c.) in crypt

Évreux, St-Taurin

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Classical west façade (mid-18th c.)

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South exterior with portal (13th c.)

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South transept blind arcade (12th c.)

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Nave looking east; Romanesque north (left) side (12th c.); Gothic south (right) side (16th c.)

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Northwest end of nave wall with arcade (12th c.); baptismal font (16th c.)

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Pulpit (19th c.), north nave

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South nave composite capital at triforium level (16th c.)

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Nave looking west to organ (1842)

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South transept window, Sts-Augustine, Gregory & Ambrose (15th c.)

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North transept (15th c.) with Classical doorway (17th c.)

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Choir (15th c.)

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West end of north choir stalls (19th c.) (detail)

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South choir 'Ascension' window (15th c.)

Évry Cathedral

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Cathédrale de la Résurrection, exterior (1992-95)

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Nave looking toward high altar (consecrated 1996)

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Nave ceiling (1992-95)

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Projecting wall above high altar (1992-95)

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