French Cathedrals & Churches

Roanne - Runan

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Roanne, St-Étienne

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West front (rebuilt 1830s) & museum bldgs.

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Nave looking east (rebuilt 1830s)

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St-Sébastien window (15th c.), 4th south nave clerestory

La Rochelle Cathedral

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West front (18th c.)

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Nave looking east (18th c.)

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Barrel vault of nave with lunettes over windows (18th c.)

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'Angel blowing trumpet,' top of pulpit (18th c.), south nave aisle

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1st south nave Chapelle des Fonts Baptismaux (Lobin, 1882)

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2nd north ambulatory Chapelle du Sacré-Coeur, left window (Lobin, late 19th c.) (detail)

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Lady Chapel cupola (after Bouguereau, late 19th c.)

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Lady Chapel, left window (Lusson, late 19th c.)

Romans-sur-Isère,
Collégiale St-Barnard

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South exterior with Chapel of Holy Sacrament (1140, restored 1718)

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West front porch (12th c.)

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Chevet from southeast (13th c.)

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North nave elevation, Romanesque arcade (12th c.), Gothic triforium (13th c.)

Rouen, St-Maclou

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West front (1437-1521) at night

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West front (1437-1521) (detail)

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West front portal, Circumcision & Baptism (16th c.)

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North transept 'Martainville' portal (1552)

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Nave looking east (1437-1521)

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Lantern at crossing (1437-1521)

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Organ buffet (1518) at west end

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North transept lancets, Tree of Jesse (c. 1470)

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Choir (1437-1521)

Rouen, St-Ouen

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West front rose & towers (15th c., restored 1851)

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Chevet (15th c.)

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Nave elevation & quadripartite vault (15th c.)

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Nave elevation with glazed triforium (15th c.)

Royan, Notre-Dame

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East end (Gillet, 1955-58)

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Interior looking east (1955-58)

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Triangular chancel window (Idoux)

Royat, St-Léger

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St-Léger (11th-12th c.); fortified (early 13th c.); & Gothic belfry (1830) from southwest

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Decorative stone filigree on nave roof (11th-12th c.) from south

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South transept (11th-12th c.); fortified (early 13th c.); & Gothic belfry (1830)

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Chevet (11th-12th c.), fortified (early 13th c.) with Gothic belfry (1830) from northeast

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

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North nave capital (12th c.)

Royaumont Abbey

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Entrance reflecting pool

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Extant ruins of church, northeast tower (13th c.)

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Cloister gallery (1228-35)

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Cloister garden & south gallery (1228-35)

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The Monks' Kitchen (1228-35) with lutrin & tapestry (early 16th c.)

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The Monks' Refectory (1228-35)

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Exterior of Monks' Refectory (1228-35)

Rocamadour

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Arch with trefoil in rampart wall leading into parvis

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Parvis des Églises with Chapelle St-Michel & Chapelle Notre-Dame (11th c.)

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Black Madonna (12th c.) in Chapelle Notre-Dame

La Rochelle, St-Sauveur

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West front (late 17th-early 18th c.) with bell-tower (15th c.)

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Tops of columns, west front (late 17th-early 18th c.)

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Ship on north nave pillar

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'Resurrection' window, south chancel

Rodez Cathedral

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame (13th-16th c.), west front

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West front rose (1501-30); gable (Guillaume Philander, c. 1560)

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Northeast belfry, top two tiers (1513-26)

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South choir stalls (1478-88)

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Organ (Vernholles, 1628-31)

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Angel musician, Chapelle St-François Regis

Rouen Cathedral

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West front (begun 12th c., completed 1514)

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West front north portal St-Jean tympanum (1370-1420)

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West front central portal Tree of Jesse tympanum (1514)

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Central portal gable & west rose (early 16th c.)

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North Tour St-Romain (c. 1145), upper levels (1477)

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Tracery & statues (14th c.) above south portal & the Butter Tower (1485-1507)

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South transept, Portail de la Calende (late 13th-early 14th c.)

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Courtyard of Albane & north nave exterior

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Nave looking northeast (1201-20)

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North nave elevation (1201-20)

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South nave aisle looking west (1201-20)

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3rd north nave Chapelle St-Jean-de-la-Nef 'Belles Verrières,' center panels (late 13th c.)

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4th north nave Chapelle St-Sever 'Belles Verrières' (13th & 15th c.)

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Choir & nave looking west

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Organ at west end

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Lantern vault (13th c.) from north transept

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South transept east window, Panegyric of St-Romain, lower panels (1521)

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The Good Samaritan (1220-30), south ambulatory

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The Passion (1220-30), stars added (Guillaume Barbe, 1462), lower panels, south ambulatory

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St-Julien the Hospitaller (1220-30), north ambulatory

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North transept rose (14th c.)

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North transept Renaissance stone staircase (1st two flights, 1479; 2nd two flights, 1789)

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Choir (c. 1220-30)

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South choir column capital (13th c.)

Rue, Chapelle du St-Esprit

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Flamboyant entrance, upper levels (1440-1514)

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Gable & rose window over entrance portal (1440-1514)

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Figures inside northwest portal chapel (1440-1514)

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Chapel entrance arch (1440-1514)

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Flamboyant vault & bosses (1440-1514)

Runan, Church of the
Knights of Malta

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Four-gabled south exterior (14th-15th c.)

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