French Cathedrals & Churches

Uzès - Vorly

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

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Tour Fenestrelle (138' high) (12th c.), from south

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Tour Fenestrelle (12th c.), upper levels from southeast

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Vault of north aisle chapel

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Organ buffet with painted shutters (late 17th c.), west end

Valence Cathedral

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Restored west front (19th c.)

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East end with chapels & northeast transept (late 11th c.)

Vannes Cathedral

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West portal & tympanum (19th c.)

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North transept (1520) & Rotunda chapel (1537)

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Nave looking east (1455-75)

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Organ at west end (Debierre, 1896); buffet (1740)

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North transept 'Joan of Arc' lower window (20th c.)

Verdun Cathedral

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Portal of the Lion (1136-60), northeast choir exterior

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Cloister east gallery interior (14th c.)

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Chapelle du Sacré-Coeur (c. 1400) (windows by Gruber, 20th c.)

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East end choir windows (Gruber, 20th c.)

Vernon, Collégiale Notre-Dame

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Flamboyant west front (15th c.)

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Flamboyant west front rose exterior (15th c.)

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Nave looking east (15th c.)

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Southwest nave narthex window #23 (Atelier Hermet-Juteau, 1994)

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3rd north nave aisle window #6 (Atelier Hermet-Juteau, 1994)

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West rose window (15th c.), glass (J. Bony, 1975)

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South transept window #17 (Atelier Hermet-Juteau, 1994)

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North transept window #7 (Atelier Hermet-Juteau, 1994)

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1st north ambulatory chapel window #8 (Atelier Hermet-Juteau, 1994)

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South choir with Romanesque arches (12th c.)

Versailles, Château Chapelle Royale

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Royal Chapel exterior (Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1687-1710)

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Royal Chapel interior (Jules Hardouin-Mansart & Robert de Cotte, 1687-1710)

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Interior, upper level (Jules Hardouin-Mansart & Robert de Cotte, 1687-1710)

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Chapel vault (Charles de la Fosse, Antoine Coypel & Jean Jouvenet, 1708-10)

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Chapel organ (François-Henri Clicquot, 1709-10)

Vézelay, Basilique
Ste-Marie-Madeleine

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West front (c. 1150)

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West front, upper levels (c. 1150); Gothic gable & top storey of Tour St-Michel (13th c.)

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Narthex central portal tympanum (c. 1145)

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Nave looking east (1120-35)

Vic, St-Martin (near Nohant)

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Nave looking east (12th c.); wooden vault (15th c.)

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East nave wall frescoes (12th c.)

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West choir wall frescoes (12th c.)

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West choir wall frescoes, upper level, right side (12th c.) (detail)

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Hemicycle wall frescoes, left side (12th c.)

Vienne Cathedral

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Cathédrale St-Maurice (12th-16th c.), west front

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Choir (13th c.)

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Upper chevet center window, St-Maurice & St-Pierre (16th c.)

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"South choir window, 'Adoration of the Magi' (late 16th c.) (detail)

Villefranche-de-Conflent

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Northwest Romanesque portal (12th c.)

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Northwest portal capitals, left side (12th c.)

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Northwest portal columns & capitals, right side (12th c.)

Villeneuve-l'Archêveque, Notre-Dame

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North portal (13th c.)

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Nave looking east (13th c.)

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Entombment (Master of Chaource, 1528)

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Choir high altar (late 17th c.) & wrought iron railing (18th c.)

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All Saints window (Miller, 2009), south choir

Vitré, Notre-Dame

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South exterior with 7 gables

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'Triumphal Entry' Renaissance window

Viviers Cathedral

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Cathedral tower (12th c.) & lower town from northwest

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Flamboyant choir (late 15th c.) from southeast

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North choir (late 15th c.)

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North choir Aubusson tapestry (18th c.)

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Choir vault (late 15th c.)

Uzeste, Collégiale

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Collégiale d'Uzeste (14th c.), belfry (15th c.), steeple (19th c.), from north

Vabres Cathedral-Abbey

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Cathedral from southeast with flat east end (14th-16th c.)

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Nave (18th c.) looking west

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East end rose (19th c.)

Vaison-la-Romaine Cathedral

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East end (11th-12th c.) from southeast

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Roman column in northwest nave

Valmont Abbey

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Lady Chapel pendant vault (c. 1525)

Vence Cathedral

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Chagall mosaic (1979) with Baroque decoration in baptistry

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Old door of provostship (15th c.) in Chapelle St-Sacrement

Vendôme, Abbaye de la Trinité

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Ancienne Abbaye de la Trinité, west front (completed 1506)

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West front, upper levels

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West front buttresses, north side

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West front, looking up from archivolts

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Nave looking west from choir

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Chapelle Jean Gallois window (c. 1450)

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Chapelle Jean Gallois window (c. 1450), 2nd pane (detail)

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'La Fontaine de Vie' (16th c.), northwest transept

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Bagpiper on choir stall miserichord (late 15th c.)

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Glazed triforium window at east end (14th c.)

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Chapelle St-Pierre, center window (15th-16th c.)

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Chapelle Saint-Sacrement, Notre Dame window (1125-1140) (detail)

Versailles Cathedral

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West front (1743-54)

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Nave looking east (1743-54)

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'Pietà' (1821), James Pradier (1790-1852), Duc de Berry monument

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'The royal pew' (18th c.), north nave aisle

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Grand orgue buffet (Cliquot, 1761, restored Cavaillé-Coll, 19th c.)

Vertheuil, St-Pierre Abbey

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South exterior (late 11th-12th c.) & south defense tower (15th c.)

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South nave portal (late 11th-12th c.) (detail)

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Chevet & north bell-tower (late 11th-12th c.); abbey monastery (rebuilt 1750) from northeast

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South nave aisle columns & capitals (12th c.); vault (15th c.)

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'Man holding a man's mouth open,' 1st south nave column capital (12th c.)

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'Fruit and leaves,' 2nd north nave column capital (12th c.)

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East end square axial Lady Chapel (late 11th-12th c.) with 19th c. decoration

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Angel in 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' window (19th c.), south choir

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Choir (end of 11th-12th c.); vault (15th c.)

Vic-le-Comte, Ste-Chapelle

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Stone altarpiece (Florentine, 1520) in choir

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'Daniel praying in his window,' north choir window (early 16th c.)

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'Tree of Jesse,' center choir window (Gaudin & Grasset, 1891)

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'Jesus rescuing souls from limbo,' south choir window (early 16th c.)

Vignory, St-Étienne

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Choir from southeast (1051-57)

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Northeast tower from southeast (mid-12th c.)

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Nave of 9 bays looking west (1051-57 & 1844-60)

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North nave elevation looking east (1051-57 & 1844-60)

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Top of pulpit with 7th north nave column capital (11th c.)

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1st south nave aisle Gothic chapel (15th-16th c.)

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3rd south nave aisle Renaissance chapel (1541)

Villeneuve-le-Comte, Église

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South exterior (13th c.)

Vincennes, Sainte-Chapelle

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Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes (1379-1552) from south

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North chapel windows

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Chapel vault

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East end windows (Beaurain, 16th c.)

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East end right window, upper panels (Beaurain, 16th c.)

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Northeast side window (Beaurain, 16th c.)

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West end rose (16th c.)

Vorly, St-Saturnin

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West front Romanesque portal (12th c.)

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West front portal capitals with elephants tied together (12th c.)

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