West façade with poly-lobed portal (13th c.)

East end chevet (end of 11th-early 12th c.)

North nave elevation (13th c.)

Organ (1688) at west end

Crossing dome (end of 12th c.)

Choir (end of 11th-early 12th c.)

Tour de Gauzlin, porch-tower (begun 1020); roof & belfry (17th c.) from west

North side of porch-tower (begun 1020)

Porch-tower capital (c. 1070-80)

Porch-tower capital (c. 1070-80)

East end chevet (1065-1108) & central tower (mid-19th c.)

North portal (early 13th c.)

Nave looking east (1150-80)

Organ gallery (1704) with modern organ

End of north transept choir stalls (1413)

Crypt columns (1067)

South choir elevation (1065-1108)

South choir capital (c. 1090)

Tomb of King Philippe I (1108) & Roman mosaic paving-stones (4th-5th c.) in north choir

West front Flamboyant window & gable above portal (c. 1450)

Piéta (15th c.), north nave wall

Charles Martel's sword found almost 700 years later by Joan of Arc in 1429 (replica by Doug Hedemark, 1998), in north choir

West front (early 18th c.)

South transept & choir from southeast (late 13th-early 14th c.)

Crocodile gargoyle off north transept

South cloister gallery (15th c.) & courtyard from north gallery arch

North transept window (Manessier, 1987)

West front tower-porch with Lombard bands (12th c.)

East end exterior (12th c.)

Nave looking east with groin vault and double clerestory windows (12th c.)

West front portal (12th c.)

Mutilated north porch (12th c.)

Cloister (13th c.)

Cloister, south gallery tombs (12th c.)

Nave looking east (12th c.)

Choir (late 13th c.)

Église Monolithe exterior (12th c.) & Clocher du Roi (13th c.)

Entrance portal tympanum (12th c.)

Église St-Étienne, west front of Forez sandstone (15th c.)

East end of north aisle with sunlight

Center chancel window

South chancel chapel stone railing

Cathédrale St-Pierre, west front (15th c.)

Chevet from northeast (15th c.)

Nave looking east (begun 1396, completed late 15th c.)

'Le Christ Noir' (13th c.)

Le lutrin (18th c.) in choir

West front & belfry (10th c., restored 1892-93), one of the oldest churches in France

Southeast exterior (10th c., restored 1892-93) with south transept ruins

East end apse (10th c.); absidioles (added 11th c.)

Nave looking east (10th c.); pillars (added 12th c.)

Chapelle de St-Louis exterior (1230-38)

Stone rose

South window, upper panes

West front (c. 1180)

West front from southwest (c. 1180)

North frieze of west front (c. 1180); Judas receiving silver & Christ driving out merchants

St. John the Evangelist & St. Peter, north side of central portal (c. 1180)

St. Peter, north side of central portal (c. 1180)

Centaur hunting stag, lower south side of central portal (c. 1180)

Judas' kiss & Christ's arrest, upper frieze south side of central portal (c. 1180)

David & Goliath, lower south (back) side of central portal (c. 1180)

South nave exterior (1166-1225)

Nave looking east (1166-1225)

Romanesque exterior (12th c.)

High altar & retable (c. 1670)

Organ (1656, Gérard de Rodez)

West front porch & bell-tower (11th c.)

West façade (c. 1130)

West façade central portal (c. 1130)

West façade, upper levels (c. 1130)

Southeast apse blind arcade (late 12th c.)

East end apse (late 12th c.)

North nave exterior (12th-13th c.) & cloister (end of 15th c.)

Cloister interior bays (end of 15th c.)

Nave looking east (12th-13th c.)

West end of nave with barrel vault (12th c.)

Nave lierne vault (13th c.)

South nave aisle with barrel vault & splayed columns, looking east (12th c.)

Retable (17th c.), southeast transept Chapelle St-Michel

South ambulatory (late 11th-13th c.)

Retable (17th c.), south ambulatory chapel

Lady Chapel (late 11th-12th c.) with retable (17th c.)

North ambulatory chapel (late 11th-13th c.) with retable (17th c.)

Choir stalls & lutrin (1701)

Base of lutrin (1701) (detail)

Choir lierne vault (13th c.)

Northwest bay of choir (c. 1095), oldest part of church

North choir elevation (late 11th-13th c.)

Virgin & Child (1505), 2nd north nave chapel

West façade with lower herringbone pattern (10th c.), middle bonded stones (11th c.), and upper fitted stones with Lombard bands (12th c.)

West front marble lintel & tympanum (11th c.)

West front marble lintel, two apostles, left side (11th c.) (detail)

West front marble lintel, Christ in Glory surrounded by mandorla & two cherubs (11th c.) (detail)

West front Chi-Rho (Chrismon) symbol in tympanum (11th c.)

West front window sill of 4 medallions with seraph wings between (11th c.)

Southeast end transept, radiating chapel & apse (1121)

Approaching St-Bertrand-de-Comminges from northeast

Renaissance organ (1523-55) from below

Choir screen, north side, female figure

Left chevet window (16th c.), middle panels

Choir stalls inside jubé (1535)

King David, choir stall, south side (1535)

Adam & Eve on choir stalls, north side

Choir stalls, southwest junction, 2 heads (1535)

West front with north tower & transept (13th c.)

South transept window (15th c., with 19th c. glass)

Cathédrale St-Pierre (1340-1726), east end

Nave looking east (14th c.)

West front (c. 1136-40)

Two figures, north portal archivolt, right side (12th c.)

West front north portal, right side columns (c. 1136-40)

West front center portal tympanum, 'Last Judgment' (c. 1136-40)

East end choir chapels (1140-44); upper levels (1231-45)

North transept exterior (c. 1235-40)

North transept rose exterior (c. 1235-40)

Nave looking east (1231-81)

Nave looking west (1231-81)

North nave elevation (1231-81)

South transept rose (1247-67 with glass 1840-46)

North transept rose, 'Tree of Jesse' (1247-67 with glass 1840-46)

Suger's choir (1140-44), north side from southwest

Choir stall, 'Stoning of Stephen' (early 16th c.)

Choir stalls, north side (early 16th c.)

Choir & transepts looking east (1231-45)

North choir elevation (1231-45 with 19th c. glass)

Choir center clerestory lancets (1231-45 with 19th c. glass)

François 1's tomb (1558) looking west across south transept

Rood-screen (1600) & choir (1376-1614)

Star vault in crossing (16th c.)

Lutrin in choir

East end ambulatory 'St-Martin' window, lower panels (16th c.)

West façade (late 11th c.)

West façade, two levels (late 11th c.)

West façade portal & corbels (late 11th c.)

West façade portal archivolt & capitals (late 11th c.)

Narthex vault & portal (late 11th c.)

Marble lintel (1019-20) above west portal, earliest dated Romanesque sculpture in France

Marble lintel (1019-20), left side with St-Pierre 3rd on right (detail)

Marble lintel (1019-20), Christ in Glory with two angels holding mandorla (detail)

Marble lintel (1019-20), right side with St-Paul in center (detail)

Southeast choir exterior (late 1150s-1175)

North nave aisle early rib vault (late 1150s-1175)

Sainte-Chapelle (late 1250s) from southwest

Sainte-Chapelle west rose (late 1250s with 19th c. glass)

Chevet with two apsidal chapels (11th c.)

Cloister & south nave exterior (11th & 12th c.); bell-tower (mid-15th c.)

South nave exterior with Lombard bands (c. 1030-76)

Cloister west gallery interior (11th c.)

Nave with barrel vault (c. 1030-76), looking east

Relic of the True Cross (early 9th c.) given to St-Guilhem by Charlemagne; silver reliquary (19th c.)

Crypt (10th c.) where St-Guilhem was originally buried, beneath choir

View of village from mountain path

Classical abbey (1741-89, unfinished), from east

West front porch (1771) & detached tower (11th-12th c.)

West cloister gallery (15th c.) & garden

Pulpit (18th c.), south nave

Alabaster ciborium (15th c.), north choir

Choir stalls (1483-98), northeast end

West façade & bell-tower (mid-12th c.); nave (rebuilt 19th c.) from southwest

Bell-tower (mid-12th c.) & tiled roof (19th c.) from southwest

West portal (mid-12th c.)

West portal tympanum (mid-12th c.)

Bell-tower vault inside west portal (mid-12th c.)

St-Just-de-Valcabrère & St-Bertrand-de-Comminges

North portal (late 12th c.)