French Cathedrals & Churches

Les Andelys - Avignon

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Les Andelys - Grand-Andely,
Collégiale Notre-Dame

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Approaching Collégiale Notre-Dame (13th-17th c.) from southwest

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West portal and blind arcades (13th c.)

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Flamboyant south transept rose window exterior (15th-16th c.)

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Renaissance north choir & transept exterior (1550-75)

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Nave looking east (14th c.)

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'Creation' window #1, 6th south nave clerestory (1560)

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'Abraham & Isaac' window #4, 3rd south nave clerestory (1560)

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Clovis & Clotilde, left window (c. 1540), 1st south nave aisle chapel

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St-Léger window (1540), 2nd south nave aisle chapel

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Virgin window (1540), 3rd south nave aisle chapel

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Organ buffet, upper panels (Etienne Delaure, 1573)

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Organ buffet, lower panels (Etienne Delaure, 1573)

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Flamboyant south transept rose (15th-16th c.)

Angers, Collégiale St-Martin

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Nave looking east (11th c.; restored 1988-2006)

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Lantern at crossing (10th c.)

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Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels, northeast choir (2nd half 12th c.)

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Anjou Gothic choir (late 12th c.)

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Sacristy (end of 15th c.), north choir

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Crypt with Merovingian tombs (7th-9th c.)

Angers, St-Serge

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Nave looking east (1445-66)

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1st north nave clerestory of Prophets (André Robin, 1462-63)

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2nd south nave clerestory of Apostles (André Robin, 1462-63)

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South transept wall (from the 11th c. church); vault (15th c.)

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Sunken southeast transept baptistry chapel (12th c.)

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Sunken northeast transept Lady Chapel (13th c.)

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Choir (1220-25)

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Choir from northwest (1220-25) with 13 Angevin cupolas

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East end apse vault (1220-25)

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Sacrarium (1483-1501), armoire aux reliques, south apse

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South choir grisaille window (13th c.)

Angers, La Trinité/Ronceray Abbey

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West front of La Trinité (12th c.) attached to southeast tower of Ronceray Abbey (end of 11th c.)

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Tower (Jean de l'Espine, 1540); top level (1864) from northeast

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Crypt of Ronceray Abbey (end of 11th c.)

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Nave looking east with Gothic Plantagenet vault (1140-80); arcade decoration (Charles Joly-Laterme, 1864-80)

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Pulpit (19th c.), south nave

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Renaissance staircase (16th c.) to organ

Annecy Cathedral

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Nave looking east (1535)

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Choir Windows

Antibes Cathedral

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Classical west front (18th c.)

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Romanesque bell-tower (12th c.)

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East end choir window

Antigny, Église Notre-Dame

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Notre-Dame from southeast (11th c.); bell-tower (13th c.)

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Chapelle Ste-Catherine, north wall murals (late 15th c.)

Apt Cathedral

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Nave looking east (18th c.)

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Romanesque south nave aisle & southeast end chapel (12th c.)

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Marble altar (12th c.), end of southeast aisle

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North nave aisle looking east (14th c.)

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Chapelle de Ste-Anne cupola (1660)

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Sarcophagus (4th c.)

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West end window

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Boiserie (18th c.) in southwest choir

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Upper crypt (11th c.)

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East end 'Tree of Jesse' window (late 15th c.)

Argentan, St-Martin

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West front (1568-1608); bell-tower (1701)

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Southeast choir exterior (1568-1608)

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East end exterior (1568-1608)

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North exterior (1568-1608)

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North nave elevation (1568-1608)

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Nave looking southwest (1568-1608)

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Flamboyant north transept window (1568-1608) with modern glass

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Choir (1568-1608)

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'Crucifixion,' center choir window (16th c.)

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'Descent from the Cross,' 3rd south choir window (16th c.)

Arles Cathedral

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West front (1190), lower levels

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West front portal tympanum (1190) (detail)

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West front statues (1190) on left

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Cloister, east gallery (12th c.)

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'Crossing the Red Sea,' altar sarcophagus (4th c.), north transept

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'Entombment' (16th c.)

Arles-sur-Tech, Abbey

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Cloister (13th c.) & garden

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West front (consecrated 1046)

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Tympanum, Christ in Glory surrounded by Evangelists' symbols (11th c.)

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Frescoes of Chapelle St-Michel (12th c.), right side (detail)

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Romanesque nave with pointed barrel vault (1157)

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1st south nave Chapelle Sts-Abdon-et-Sennan, altarpiece (Tremullas, 1647)

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Relics' cabinet embedded in south nave column (12th c.)

Aubazines Abbey

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West front (12th c., reconstructed 1731)

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Octagonal tower (12th c.) from southeast

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Nave & barrel vault (1176), looking east

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North transept with monks' night-stair (1176)

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Northwest transept grisaille glass (13th c.)

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North choir stalls (1719)

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St. Stephen of Obasine's tomb (13th c.) with canopy (late 15th-early 16th c.)

Aulnay, St-Pierre

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West façade (built 1120-40 or 1140-70); buttresses (15th c.)

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West front south blind arcade tympanum & archivolt with sculpted designs on undersides (12th c.)

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South exterior from southeast (12th c.)

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South transept portal (12th c.)

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South transept portal archivolt with tiny figures on undersides (12th c.) (detail)

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East end, upper levels & tower (12th c.)

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'Scala salutis' with figures climbing vines, east end window (12th c.)

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Exterior from northeast (12th c.)

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Bell-tower (12th c.); top stage of tower (late 13th or early 14th c.)

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Nave looking east (12th c.)

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Capital of acrobats, north nave 2nd column (mid-12th c.)

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Capital of Byzantine faces, south nave 4th column (mid-12th c.)

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Capital of elephants, southwest transept (mid-12th c.)

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Cupola at crossing (12th c.)

Autun Cathedral

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Cathedral from the west

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West front with porch (12th c.)

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West front central portal (12th c.)

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West front capitals, left side of central portal (Gislebertus, 1130-35)

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West front 'Last Judgment' tympanum (Gislebertus, 1130-35)

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East end apse, lower levels (12th c.); upper levels (15th c.)

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Central tower & spire (late 15th c.) from northeast

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North side chapels exterior (16th c.)

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Nave looking east (1120-78)

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Nave looking west (1120-78); west end arch (late 15th-early 16th c.)

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Daniel in the lions' den, north nave capital (12th c.)

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Tree of Jesse window (Celse Morin, 1515), 4th north nave aisle chapel

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Chapter house (12th c.), capitals displayed from transept & choir

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Chapter house capital, 'Flight into Egypt' (12th c.)

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Chapter house capital, 'The Sleeping Magi' (12th c.)

Auxerre, St-Pierre

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West front (1575-1672) from southwest

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Nave vault (16th c.)

Auxonne, Notre-Dame

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West front porch (Antoine le Rupt, 1516-20)

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Central portal, right statues (1516-20)

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South portal, left statues (1516-20)

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Nave looking east (1309-60)

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Eagle lecturn (1562)

Les Andelys - Petit-Andely,
St-Sauveur

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West front & nave from southwest (early 14th c.)

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Northeast choir & transept (c. 1210-40)

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Nave looking east (early 13th-early 14th c.)

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Baroque organ (Robert Ingoult, 1674) at west end

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South transept window with modern glass

Anet, Royal Chapel

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Royal Chapel (Philibert de l'Orme, 1548-55)

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East end exterior of chapel (Philibert de l'Orme, 1548-55)

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Marble floor mosaic from villas of Roman emperors

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Twelve apostles in niches; bas-reliefs (Jean Goujon, 1548-55)

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Cupola (Philibert de l'Orme, 1548-55)

Angers Cathedral

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West front (12th c.)

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West front central portal & tympanum

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West front tympanum, 'Christ in Majesty' (c. 1170)

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South transept rose exterior (13th c.), showing Angevin vault

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Nave looking east (1140-63), with first Angevin vault (1149)

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South nave aisle, 3rd bay, center tapestry

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1st bay north nave clerestory (c. 1190-1210)

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2nd bay north nave clerestory (c. 1190-1230)

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3rd bay north nave clerestory (c. 1190-1230)

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Pulpit (Abbé Choyer, 1855), north nave aisle

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South nave elevation (1140-63) looking west

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Organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1873); buffet with telamones (Pierre-Étienne Surugue, 1742-48)

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Northwest transept clerestory, eight saints (André Robin, c. 1451-54)

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North transept rose (André Robin, 15th c.), 'Christ of the Apocalypse' or 'Judgment'

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North transpet rose (André Robin, 15th c.), upper panels

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Northeast transept windows (15th c.)

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South transept rose (André Robin, 15th c.), upper panels

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Choir (1270)

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1st north chancel window, 'Vie de St-Pierre' (13th c.)

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Center chancel windows, 'Vie et mort de Christ'

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2nd south chancel window 'Henri II Plantagenet'

Angoulême Cathedral

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West front (1118-28); towers & gable (Abadie, 19th c.)

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Tympanum and frieze of Roland (1118), right of west front portal

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Frieze of Roland (1118) (detail)

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'Christ in Glory surrounded by Evangelists' above west front window (1125-36)

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Cathedral from southwest (1110-28) with north transept tower (1120s) in middle distance

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Southeast choir with blind arcade (1110-28)

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East end exterior; right radiating chapel (12th c.); left radiating chapel (19th c.); and north transept tower (1120s)

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Nave looking east with 2nd and 3rd domed vaults (1110-28)

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2nd nave dome vault (1110-28)

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Organ at west end (Miocque, 1786)

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Pillars of northeast transept tower (1120s)

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North transept tower interior (1120s)

Anzy-le-Duc, Notre-Dame-l'Assomption

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West front (12th c.)

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Southwest exterior (mid-11th-beginning 12th c.)

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Crypt with Tomb of St-Hugues-de-Poitiers (1000-30)

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Nave looking east (beginning 12th c.)

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'Musician & Siamese,' 2nd south nave column capital (11th c.)

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'Samson slaying the lion,' 2nd north nave column capital (11th c.)

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'Two men embracing,' 5th north nave column capital (11th c.)

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Northeast choir chapel murals, right side (12th c., restored 19th c.)

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East end apse vault murals (12th c., restored 19th c.)

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Lintel, tympanum & capitals (1st half 12th c.), west portal of priory (now destroyed)

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Lintel & tympanum (1st half 12th c.), west portal of priory (now destroyed)

Argentan, St-Germain

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South nave exterior (end of 14th-end of 15th c.); northwest bell-tower (1631); & lantern tower (1555)

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Southeast exterior (15th-early 17th c.)

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Flamboyant bell-tower porch (15th c.)

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Bell-tower (Maurice Gabriel, 1631) from south

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Flamboyant nave looking east (end of 14th-end of 15th c.)

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Lierne nave vault (1527-52)

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Ass on north nave pillar (end of 14th-end of 15th c.)

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Southeast transept reredos to St-Mansuet in Mannerist (pre-Baroque) style (1664)

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Crossing lantern tower (1555) with star vault (1687)

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Outer south ambulatory aisle with pendant vault (1597-1610)

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South ambulatory choir wrought-iron grille (1740-42)

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Axial chapel with coffered ceiling (1610)

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Choir & nave (end of 14th-end of 15th c.) & vault (16th c.), looking west

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Choir Baroque altarpiece (1680)

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Gloire on choir Baroque altarpiece (1680)

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Choir clerestory (1597-1610); glass (Léon Zack, 1970 & Irène Zack, 1991)

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Choir vault (1610)

Arras Cathedral

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Cloister aisle & vault (mid-18th c.)

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Nave (1755-1833), looking east

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South nave aisle with 19th c. statues of saints

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Southeast columns at the crossing

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Choir & nave, looking west from Lady Chapel

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Lady Chapel cupola (Marret, 1933)

Arras, Église St-Jean-Baptiste

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West front portal & gable (1565-84)

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West front portal & gable (1565-84)

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'Cantantibus organis' west window behind organ

Auch Cathedral

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West front porches (1560-67, decorated 1672-80); two top storeys of towers (1665)

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West front center porch decorated façade (1672-80)

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West front center portal (1560-67)

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Nave looking east (1629-61)

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4th south nave aisle Chapel of the Nativity retable (Jean Douillé, 17th c.)

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North nave elevation (1629-61)

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Grand orgue (Jean de Joyeuse, 1688-94) at west end

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South transept rose (Pierre Autipont, 1641)

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Chapel 11, window #1, Adam & Eve (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)

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Chapel 14, window #5, Jonah & the Sea Monster (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)

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Chapel 14, window #6, Moses & the Burning Bush (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)

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Chapel 15, window #8, Flight into Egypt, lower panels (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)

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Chapel 16, Blessed Sacrament, axial windows #10-12 (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)

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Chapel 17, Holy Sepulchre, 'Entombment' (c. 1500)

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Choir screen (Drouet, 1671) & organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1860)

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Choir stalls (1510-52), looking west

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South choir stalls (1510-52)

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'Adam & Eve' (1510-52), north side

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Choir stall figures (1510-52)

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High altar & retable (Pierre Souffron II, 1609) & chevet (1489-1548)

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North choir elevation, vault & hemicycle (1489-1548)

Auxerre Cathedral

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West front (2nd half 13th c.)

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West front, lower levels (2nd half 13th c.)

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West front, upper levels with north tower (2nd half 13th c., completed 1540s)

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Chevet (completed 1234) from southeast

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South transept lancets, 'The Story of Moses' (1550)

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North transept rose & lancets (Michel, 1528)

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East end windows (1240-50)

Auxerre, St-Eusèbe

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Elevated choir (16th c.)

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Chancel vault (16th c.)

Auxerre, Abbey St-Germain

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St-Germain (13th-15th c.) from south; tower (12th c.)

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North exterior (13th c.) from cloister

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Nave (14th c.) & choir (13th c.) looking east

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South transept interior (13th c.)

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North transept interior (13th c.) & rose (15th c.)

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Lady Chapel 10-ribbed vault (1277)

Avignon Cathedral

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms (12th-17th c.) from southwest

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White marble episcopal throne (12th c.) in north choir

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