French Cathedrals & Churches

Nancy - Nevers

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

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West front upper levels (1703-42)

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Nave looking east (1703-42)

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Baptistry grille (Jeanmaire, 1759)

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Organ at west end (Dupont, 1757)

Nantes, Basilique St-Nicolas

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Neo-Gothic nave & choir looking east (1844-69)

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South transept rose window (19th c.)

Nantes, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Port

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West façade (1846-52)

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'Ascension' window (François Denis, 19th c.), south nave

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Dome interior (Seheult & Chenantais, 1846-52)

Narbonne Cathedral

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Entrance to cloister & south entrance

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Cathedral from southeast from top of Donjon

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Choir (1272-1332), looking east

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Organ (1741) at west end (closeup)

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Angels on high altar, left side

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Chevet, upper windows (early 14th c.)

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Lady Chapel, center window, 'Life of Christ' (1311), middle panes

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5th north ambulatory St. Martin's Chapel

Nemours, St-Jean Baptiste

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East end (1510-50)

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Nave looking east (1650)

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Organ at west end

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Choir vault (1510-50)

Neuvy-St-Sépulchre,
Collégiale St-Étienne

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Northeast exterior (13th c.); rotunda (11th c.)

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Rotunda (1042), looking southeast

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Rotunda dome (end of 12th c.)

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Rotunda 'cat' capital (11th c.)

Nevers Cathedral

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Western apse (begun c. 1028) & transept (rebuilt 13th c.)

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Southwest tower (1528 on 14th c. base) from southeast

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South portal angel statue (15th-16th c.)

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Chevet from east (13th c.)

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North nave exterior (13th c.) with Flamboyant chapels (15th-16th c.)

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West end apse (11th c.)

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West end apse mural in oven vault (11th c.)

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Romanesque southwest transept (rebuilt 13th c.)

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Nave looking east (13th c.) from crypt stairs

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Choir & nave vaults (13th-14th c.), looking west

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North nave elevation (13th c.) with clerestory windows (Honegger, 1994)

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'Le songe de Charlemagne' (15th c.), south nave capital (detail)

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Pendant boss on 1st south nave chapel vault (15th-16th c.)

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2nd south nave chapel window (Rouan, 1991-96)

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Piétà, polychrome stone (15th c.)

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Statue of St-Cyr-et-Ste-Julitte, polychrome stone (16th c.)

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1st south ambulatory Chapelle de l'Arche de Noé window (Albérola, 2009)

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2nd south ambulatory Chapelle St-Laurent, Adam & Eve window (Albérola, early 2000s)

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3rd south ambulatory chapel windows (Albérola, early 2000s)

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Choir (14th-15th c.)

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North choir stalls (18th c.)

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North choir glazed triforium & clerestory (Viallat, 1992)

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Choir hemicycle (14th c.)

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Choir east end triforium & clerestory windows (Viallat, 1992)

Nanterre Cathedral

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Nave looking east (15th c., reconstructed 20th c.)

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South transept window (20th c.)

Nantes Cathedral

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West front (15th c., restored 1930)

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Architrave & gable above north portal (15th c.)

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East end from northeast

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Narthex, organ escalier & west doors

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Nave vault (17th c., restored after 1972 fire)

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West window (Jehan de la Chasse, 1498)

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South transept (17th c.) & window (François Chapuis, 1958-59)

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Base of white marble altar in Lady Chapel

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Angels hold cushion for Duc François II (Colombe, 1502-07)

Narbonne, Basilique St-Paul

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Basilique St-Paul (12th-14th c.) from Donjon

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Basilique St-Paul (12th-14th c.) from northwest

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Nave, looking east, with basket-handle supporting arches

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Organ (closeup), at west end, Basilique St-Paul

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Ambulatory vault, looking south

Neuilly-en-Donjon, Église Marie-Madeleine

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West front tympanum (1140-50)

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West front lintel, 'Simon's Feast: Mary Magdalene washing Christ's feet' (1140-50) (detail)

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Apse (11th-12th c.)

Neuilly-en-Dun, St-Roch

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West façade (mid-12th c.) from southwest

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Bell-tower with corbels (mid-12th c.)

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Apse capital of birds giving birth to snakes (mid-12th c.)

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Nave barrel vault & south nave elevation (mid-12th c.) looking west

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Crossing vault & capitals (mid-12th c.)

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Northeast crossing capital, 'Daniel in the lions' den' (mid-12th c.)

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Southwest crossing capital (mid-12th c.)

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Apse with oven vault (mid-12th c.)

Nevers, St-Étienne

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West façade (1063-97)

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East end exterior (1063-97)

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North transept & nave exterior (1063-97)

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Nave looking east with barrel vault (1063-97)

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North nave elevation (1063-97)

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North nave aisle groin vault, looking west (1063-97)

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South transept (1063-97)

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Baptistry in northeast transept (1063-97)

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Apse hemicycle with oven vault (1063-97)

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