French Cathedrals & Churches

Le Havre - Kergoat

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Le Havre Cathedral

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West front (1611-38) & south tower (1540)

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South transept & choir from southeast (1575-1610)

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Nave looking east (1575-1610)

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North nave double aisles looking east (1575-1610)

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Organ (1637; restored 1980), given by Cardinal Richelieu

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Choir windows (19th c.) & hemicycle (1575-1610)

Issoire, St-Austremoine

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Chevet (12th c.) from southeast

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Chevet (12th c.) from southeast with zodiac signs

Josselin, Basilique
Notre-Dame-du-Roncier

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West front & south nave (15th c.) from southwest

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Wrought-iron pulpit (Roussin, 18th c.) in north nave

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4th south nave window, top panes (15th-16th c.)

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Stone tracery on south choir wall (15th c.)

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North transept window (Grüber, 1932)

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East end choir window (19th c.)

Jumièges, Abbey ruin

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Approaching abbey (1040-67) from southwest

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Bird carving (11th c.) on wall of northwest crossing

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South transept (end of 12th-early 13th c.) & nave (1040-67)

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Église St-Pierre, west end with 2 north tribune gemel bays above a series of 6 medallions (early 9th c.)

Kerfons, Chapel

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Rood screen (late 15th c.)

Le Havre, St-Joseph

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Exterior from west (Perret, 1951-57)

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Top of tower (Perret, 1951-57)

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Interior looking east (1951-57)

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Lantern tower (275' high) (1951-57)

Iguerande, St-Marcel

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West front and north nave exterior (late 11th-early 12th c.)

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Southeast end exterior (late 11th-early 12th c.)

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Nave looking east (late 11th-early 12th c.)

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Cyclop-musician capital, 3rd north nave column (late 11th-early 12th c.)

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North nave aisle looking east (late 11th-early 12th c.)

L'Île-Bouchard, Prieuré St-Léonard

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Priory chapel ruin (c. 1067)

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'Chimeras,' capital (mid-12th c.)

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'Dragons,' capital (mid-12th c.)

Issoudun, Collégiale St-Cyr

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West front (15th c.); north bell-tower (rebuilt 1934)

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Nave looking west (15th c.); western bays (2nd half 19th c.)

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South nave chapel, Our Lady of the Rosary (1690)

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East end window (1470); three lower levels (modern)

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East end window, upper middle panels (1470) (detail)

Kergoat, Chapel

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Chapel

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