French Cathedrals & Churches

Falaise - Fréjus

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Falaise, St-Gervais

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Approaching St-Gervais (12th-16th c.) from southwest

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Wrought-iron gates on southwest porch (1490-1535)

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South nave exterior; lower chapels (1490-1535); upper level (12th c.)

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Choir exterior (16th c.) from southeast

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Romanesque lantern tower (12th c.) from southeast

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Nave looking east: Gothic north side (13th c.) & Romanesque south side (12th c.)

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East end pendant vault (16th c.) from south ambulatory

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3rd north ambulatory chapel with pendant vault & window (16th c.); modern glass (Le Chevallier)

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Choir wooden tierceron vault (16th c.)

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East end clerestory (16th c.); modern glass (Le Chevallier)

Faye-la-Vineuse,
Collégiale St-Georges

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Choir from southeast (12th c., fortified 16th c., restored)

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'Battle of Poitiers,' capital (12th c.), north ambulatory

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Choir (12th c., restored)

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North choir arcade & trifroium (12th c., restored)

Ferrière-Larçon, St-Mandé

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Romanesque west façade, nave & belfry (12th c.)

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Gothic choir from northeast (13th-14th c.)

Firminy-Vert, Église St-Pierre

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Église St-Pierre (Le Corbusier, 2006)

Fleurence, Notre-Dame-et-St-Jean-Baptiste

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West front with southwest octagonal tower (late 13th-16th c.)

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Southeast exterior (late 13th-16th c.)

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Nave looking east (late 13th-16th c.)

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North nave elevation (late 13th-16th c.)

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Choir windows (Arnaud de Moles, 1506-20)

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Right east end 'Tree of Jesse' window, lower middle panels (Arnaud de Moles, 1506-20) (detail)

Fontenay Abbey

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Cloisters (12th c.)

Forcalquier Cathedral

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame (12th c.) from northwest

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Romanesque nave (12th c.) & Gothic choir (late 12th c.), north side

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West end rose window

Fréjus Cathedral

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Baptistry (5th c.) & southwest exterior

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Southeast exterior (11th-12th c.)

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Cloister (13th c.) with upper storey (14th c.)

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Nave & choir looking east (13th c.)

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Window above organ (20th c.)

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Bishop's throne in choir (1441)

Falaise, La Trinité

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La Trinité (13th-16th c.) from southwest

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West front porch (1545)

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South transept (13th c.) & choir (1510-40) exterior

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Northwest nave exterior (15th c.)

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Northwest Flamboyant Gothic portal, upper levels (1484) (detail)

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Nave looking east (15th c.)

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South nave chapel window (15th c.), with modern glass

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Flamboyant Gothic choir (1510-40)

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East end choir with chestnut wooden vault (1510-40)

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Choir chestnut wooden tierceron vault (1510-40)

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Choir hemicycle & chestnut wooden tierceron vault (1510-40)

Fenioux, Notre-Dame

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Lanterne des Morts (12th c.)

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Exterior from southwest (12th c.)

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West façade with sculpted porch (3rd quarter 12th c.)

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North nave portal (2nd quarter 12th c.)

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Nave looking east (2nd quarter 12th c.)

Figeac, St-Sauveur

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West front tower (1825)

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Nave looking east (11th-12th c., restored 17th c.)

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North nave looking west (11th-12th c., restored 17th c.)

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South transept vault (13th c., restored 19th c.)

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Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié vault (c. 1250)

Le Folgoët, Basilique Notre-Dame

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Flamboyant rood screen (15th c.)

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Chapel window, Life of Salaün

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East end window

Fontevrault Abbey

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East end of minster church (1105-60) from northeast

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Nave looking east

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Effigies in nave & south wall

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Effigies of Eleanor of Aquitaine & Henry II

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Effigy of Richard the Lionheart

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