French Cathedrals & Churches

Quimper - Rivière

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

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West front (15th c.) (steeples added, 1856)

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Chevet from southeast

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Crossing at northeast transept & choir vault (15th c.)

Rampillon, St-Eliphe

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St-Eliphe with Templar tower (13th c.)

Reims, Basilique St-Rémi

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West façade (11th c.)

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South tower (11th c.) & south transept (1506)

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Chevet (1162-81) from southeast

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West end rose (12th c. with modern glass)

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South transept upper window (1506, glass by Charles Marcq, 1976)

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North transept vault (1181-98), rood screen & rose (17th c.) from south transept (c. 1007-49)

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South ambulatory (remodelled 12th c.)

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North ambulatory capitals (12th c.)

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Crucifixion (late 12th c.), center window in choir gallery

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Axial chapel windows (20th c. glass)

Rennes Cathedral

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Nave looking west from apse (1787-1844)

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Organ at west end

Rennes, St-Germain

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South transept exterior with 17th c. gable

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Flamboyant east window with abstract design

Rétaud, St-Trojan

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West façade (end of 12th c.) & octagonal bell-tower (15th c.)

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West façade. lower levels (end of 12th c.)

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Southeast apse (end of 12th c.)

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Arcature (blind arcade) & corbels on southeast apse (end of 12th c.)

Richelieu, Notre-Dame

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Baroque west front (directions reversed), upper levels (1638)

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South nave clerestory grisaille window

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Organ (1853) at west end

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Organ (1853) at west end, left side

Riez

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Baptistry entrance (5th c.); dome reconstructed (12th c.)

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Bell-tower (15th c.) from east

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South nave clerestory 'treble clef' window (19th c.)

Riom, Notre-Dame-du-Marthuret

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‘Annunciation window’ (15th c.), north choir

Riom, Basilique St-Amable

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St-Amable, 2nd south aisle chapel, left window

Rioux, Notre-Dame

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West front (3rd quarter 12th c.); Gothic bell-tower (15th c.)

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West front portal (c. 1160)

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East end of chevet (12th c.)

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Chevet interior (12th c.)

Le Raincy, Notre-Dame

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Entrance (facing east) and bell tower (Perret brothers, 1922-23)

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Back (west end) of church (Perret brothers, 1922-23)

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Nave looking west (liturgical east) (Perret brothers, 1922-23); stained glass (Marguerite Huré)

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High altar & west end windows (1922-23)

Reims Cathedral

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West façade (1241-c. 1280)

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West façade (1241-c. 1280), lower levels & parvis

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Jeanne d'Arc statue in parvis & west front north portal (13th c.)

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West front north portal, left side, 'Smiling Angel' (after 1252) (detail)

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Chevet flying buttress (1211-41)

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North transept, upper levels (1211-41), rose window (mid-13th c.) & gable (c. 1497)

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Nave looking east (1211-c. 1280)

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Northwest end statue niches (13th c.)

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Nave looking west from chevet (1211-c. 1280)

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West end triforium lancets (14th c.) (detail)

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West end rose (Bernard de Soissons, late 13th c.)

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South ambulatory chapel windows (Imi Knoebel, 2011)

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Axial chapel windows (Chagall, 1974)

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North transept rose, 'Creation' (mid-13th c.)

La Réole, St-Pierre

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Wrought-iron gate (Blaise Charlut, 1772), south side cloister

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Nave looking east (12th & 17th c.)

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Lady Chapel on south side, Chapelle St-Abbon (14th c.)

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Chevet (end of 12th-13th c.; restored 17th c.)

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Chevet center window (19th c.)

Rieux-Volvestre Cathedral

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West tower base (2nd quarter 14th c.), upper levels (17th c.)

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West tower base (2nd quarter 14th c.) (detail)

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West tower top storey (17th c.)

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South exterior (14th c.)

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South entrance portal (14th c.)

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East end (13th-14th c.) & Bishops' choir (16th-17th c.)

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Nave looking west (14th c.)

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Altar in Bishop's choir (17th c.)

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Bishop's choir stall (1647), end of west side

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Bishop's choir stalls (1647), east side

Rivière (near Chinon),
Église Notre-Dame

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Nave looking east (11th-12th c.) with 19th c. paintings & decorations

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South choir column & capitals (12th c.), decorated (19th c.)

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