French Cathedrals & Churches

St-Leu-d'Esserant - St-Omer

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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St-Leu-d'Esserant,
Abbey St-Nicolas

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Approaching abbey (12th-13th c.) from east

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Flamboyant rose at west end (16th c., glass, 20th c.)

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Choir (1160-1200)

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East end radiating chapels (1160-1200) with modern glass (1960)

St-Lô, Église Notre-Dame

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West front, north tower (13th c.), south tower (15th c.)

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West front, south tower, upper levels (15th c.)

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Southeast transept window exterior (16th c.)

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Northeast choir with exterior pulpit (late 15th c.)

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Nave looking east (1st third 14th c.)

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'Royal Window' (1472, given by Louis XI), 4th south nave window

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'Window of the Assumption & of the Trinity' (Arnauld de Nimegues, 1515), 4th south choir window

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'Nativity' (Jean Couturat, 1974), 6th north nave window

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1st north nave window (20th c.) (detail)

St-Martin-de-Boscherville,
Abbey-church

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West front (1080-1125); turrets (c. 1300)

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Abbey garden behind east end

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North nave elevation (1080-1125); vault (13th c.)

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South nave aisle groined vault, looking west (1080-1125)

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Organ (17th & 18th c.) at west end

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North transept (1080-1125); vault 13th c.

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'Bishop giving his blessing,' north transept low-relief sculpture beneath balustrade (11th-12th c.)

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Lantern vault (1080-1125)

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Chevet & banded barrel vault (oven vault) (1080-1125)

St-Martin-du-Lac

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East end from southeast (end of 11th c.)

St-Maurice-lès-Châteauneuf, Chapel

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Bell-tower & apse from southeast (12th c.)

St-Maurice-sur-Loire

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Choir frescoes (end of 13th c.)

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Massacre of the Innocents; Creation of Adam & Eve and the Forbidden Fruit, frescoes (end of 13th c.)

St-Menoux

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West front (c. 1100)

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South exterior (12th-15th c.)

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Choir & apse (12th c.) & bell-tower (13th c.) from southeast

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Northeast exterior with Gothic Lady Chapel (15th c.); apse & choir (12th c.); bell-tower (13th c.)

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Narthex (late 11th c.)

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Narthex south side (late 11th c.)

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Nave looking east (12th-16th c.)

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Gothic nave vault, crossing & Romanesque choir vault

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'Man fighting a griffin,' north ambulatory capital (12th c.)

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Choir (12th-13th c.)

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East end choir (1150)

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Sarcophagus of St-Menoux on stone columns (13th c.) showing the 'bébredinoire' to heal the simple-minded

St-Nectaire

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Exterior from northeast (mid-12th c.)

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Chevet from northeast (mid-12th c.)

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Nave looking east (mid-12th c.)

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Capital #3, 'Moses saved from the water' (12th c.), north nave aisle

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Capital #4, 'Donkey playing a lyre,' (12th c.), northeast nave

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Capital #5, 'Saint in majesty' (12th c.), southeast nave

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Crossing looking north (mid-12th c.)

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Capital #14, 'Christ & Zacchaeus' (12th c.), south ambulatory

St-Omer Cathedral

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West front tower (15th c.)

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South nave exterior (15th c.)

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'Last Judgment,' right lower side, south portal tympanum (13th c.)

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South transept (13th c.), octagonal tower (12th c.), & chevet (13th c.) from southeast

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Nave, looking east

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Angel on east side of pulpit (Danvin, 1712)

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North nave triforium (end of 14th c.)

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Marble chapels, north nave aisle, looking west

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Cherubs above lower pipes of organ (1717)

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South transept rose (1350-70)

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North transept rose (1450-75)

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Triforium at east end of choir (13th c.)

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Maquette of St-Omer Cathedral from north

St-Lizier Cathedral

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Cathédrale St-Lizier (12th-14th c.), north nave, transept & tower

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Cloister (12th c.), looking southeast

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Choir frescoes (12th-13th c.)

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Choir frescoes (early 12th c.), south side

St-Loup-de-Naud, Église

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West front portal (12th c.)

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Tympanum of west portal (12th c.)

St-Macaire, St-Sauveur-et-St-Martin

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West front portal lintel, tympanum & archivolt (13th c.)

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Wooden door (1240) in porch

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Romanesque nave looking east (12th-13th c.)

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East apse Apocalypse murals (14th & 15th c.)

St-Malo Cathedral

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Renaissance west front (with 18th c. additions)

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Central tower (15th c.)

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Choir and flat east end

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St-Malo Cathedral

St-Martin-de-Fenollar, Chapel

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Chapel looking west with south entrance door on left & Visigothic horseshoe arches (9th-10th c.)

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Fresco, 'Nativity' scene with Mary & Joseph (1st half 12th c.)

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Fresco, '24 Elders of the Apocalypse' (1st half 12th c.)

St-Martin-du-Canigou, Abbey-church

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Mountain path to St-Martin-du-Canigou (30 min. hike)

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East end exterior (early 11th c.) from southeast

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Chasm & abbey buildings from southwest

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Restored cloister, looking southwest

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Cloister Romanesque capitals

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Upper garden (site of original cloister), southwest exterior of church & bell-tower (early 11th c.)

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Crypt, north aisle (early 11th c.)

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West front (early 11th c.)

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Nave, looking southeast from northwest aisle (early 11th c.)

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Northeast bell-tower (early 11th c.)

St-Michel

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Approach from the south, octagonal church (1137, restored by Abadie, 19th c.)

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West front & unattached bell tower (1137)

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Northwest chapel exterior, upper levels (1137)

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Interior with octagonal vault (1137, restored by Abadie, 19th c.)

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1st left side column capital (12th c.)

St-Michel-de-Cuxa, Abbey-church

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Crypt, St. Gabriel's Chapel (early 11th c.)

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Abbey exterior (10th-12th c.) from southeast

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Southeast bell-tower (early 11th c.) from west

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Cloister south gallery (c. 1130, reconstructed 1954) & north nave exterior (10th c.)

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Cloister east & south galleries (c. 1130, reconstructed 1954)

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Cloister west gallery, 3rd column capital (1120-30)

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Cloister west gallery, 12th column capital (1120-30)

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Cloister northeast corner columns (1120-30, reconstructed 1954)

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Nave looking east (956-74), wooden nave vault with supporting arches (14th c.), largest pre-Romanesque church in France

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North nave aisle with horseshoe 'Visigothic' arch (956-74), looking east

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Horseshoe 'Visigothic' arch in north transept (956-74)

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Romanesque Virgin & Child (13th c.)

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Choir & apse (956-74)

St-Nicolas-de-Port,
Basilique St-Nicolas

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Nave vault & rose window (early 16th c.)

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Spiral column & vault, south transept (early 16th c.)

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Stained glass window (20th c.)

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