French Cathedrals & Churches

Batz-sur-Mer - Boran-sur-Oise

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Batz-sur-Mer, St-Guénolé

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West front (15th-16th c.)

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Tower (1677) from northwest

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Ruins of Notre-Dame-du-Mûnier (15th c.), south of St-Guénolé

Bayonne Cathedral

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Approaching cathedral from southwest

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South choir circular window through cloister arch

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Southwest nave aisle window (15th c.)

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'Canaanite Woman' window (1531), 6th north nave St. Jerome Chapel

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North transept window

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Modern altar, canopy & axial chapel

Bazas Cathedral

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West front (11th, 13th, 16th & 18th c.)

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West front center portal tympanum, 'Last Judgment & Life of St-Jean-Baptiste' (13th c.)

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South side exterior (14th & 15th c.)

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Nave looking east (14th & 15th c.; restored 1583-1635)

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West end rose window (1537)

Beaulieu-lès-Loches, Abbey church

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Romanesque west tower with octagonal stone spire & north nave wall ruin (12th c.)

Beaune, Hôtel-Dieu

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Exterior (Nicolas Rolin, 1443)

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Courtyard gables & tiled roof (1443)

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La Salle des Pôvres (1443, restored 1870)

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Chapel window (15th c., reconstructed 1877)

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Salle St-Hugues, frescoes (Isaac Moillon, 17th c.)

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'Jacob and Rachel Meet,' tapestry (Martin Reymbouts, Brussels, early 17th c.) (detail)

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The polyptych of the 'Last Judgment' (van der Weyden, 1443-50)

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'Mille fleur' tapestry (early 16th c.) (detail)

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St-Jean-Baptiste statue (2nd half 15th c.) (detail)

Beauvais Cathedral

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South transept exterior, upper levels (Martin Chambiges, 1500-50)

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South transept portal doors (Jean Le Pot, 16th c.)

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North transept (16th c.) & choir (1225-72)

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Southwest transept chapel vault (16th c.)

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Two kneeling slaves supporting pulpit (2nd half 17th c.)

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Roncherolles window (Engrand Le Prince, 1522)

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Chapelle-St-Vincent (1290s), south ambulatory

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Lady Chapel (1240s)

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Choir looking east (1227-72)

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Chevet vault & hemicycle (13th c.)

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South choir elevation (158 ft.) from pillar base & south ambulatory vault

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Choir, east end (13th c.) & high altar (1758)

Belfort Cathedral

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Nave looking west (1717-50) & organ (Valtrin, 1750)

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Jeanne d'Arc window, lower panels (1913), south nave

Belley Cathedral

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Cathédrale St-Jean-Baptiste, west front (1835-50)

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Choir from northeast with apsidal chapels (15th c.)

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Nave vault (1835-50)

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Organ (Cavaillé-Col, 1860), west end

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North transept rose window (19th c.)

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Chapelle du St-Sacrement (19th c.), southeast transept

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Choir (15th c.)

Benet, Église Ste-Eulalie

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Tympanum (12th c.) above west front portal

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Pulpit (1900), north nave aisle

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John the Baptist, northeast chapel

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East end St-Eulalie window (1900)

Berson, St-Saturnin

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South side exterior (12th & 14th c.)

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East end chevet (12th c.)

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Nave looking east (14th c.)

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Choir with oven vault (12th c.)

Besançon Cathedral

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Bell-tower (18th c.) from southeast

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Baroque façade above north portal

Blois Cathedral

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West front north tower base (12th c.), upper storeys (16th c.); rebuilt (1678)

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Nave looking east (rebuilt 1678)

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Byzantine Cross & Lamb (Dibbets & Mauret, 2000), south nave clerestory

Blois, Église St-Nicolas

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West front (early 13th c.)

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West front (early 13th c.); rose window (rebuilt 1661)

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West front towers (early 13th c.); spires (1877-99)

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4th south nave aisle window (François Bertand, 20th c.)

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South transept (1138-86), Église St-Nicolas

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Crossing piers & choir (1138-86)

Bonnes, Église

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Romanesque church from south

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Tower of Romanesque church (detail)

Bayeux Cathedral

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West front (11th & 13th c.)

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West towers (1077) & south nave exterior (13th c.)

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Southwest nave porch (late 12th-early 13th c.) with portals (14th c.)

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South nave clerestory (mid-13th c.)

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Chevet (1220-40) from southeast

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Central tower, base (13th c.), 1st level (1477-79), 2nd level (1866), capped with bonnet (19th c.)

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Northwest nave window exterior (14th c.)

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West front (11th & 13th c.) at night

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

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South nave arcade (12th c.)

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'The Lovers of Bayeux,' base of spandrel, south nave, between bays 4 & 5 (12th c.)

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Medieval organ tribune above 5th north nave arcade (13th c.)

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New sacristy window (tracery 14th c.; glass 19th c.)

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South transept window (tracery 2nd half 13th c.; glass, Coffetier, c. 1873)

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North transept window (tracery 2nd half 13th c.; glass, Thévenot, 1848)

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Crossing vault (1st half 13th c.)

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Crypt angel musician playing the Cornemuse (15th c.)

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Crypt angel musician playing the Rebec (15th c.)

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Choir looking east (1220-40)

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South choir stalls (Lefèvre, 1589) & Bishop's throne (1772)

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North choir triforium, 4th bay (1220-40)

Beaune, Basilique Collégiale
Notre-Dame

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West porch (1330-40); rose window, gable and two unfinished bell-towers (13th c.)

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West front porch (1330-40)

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South side nave exterior (12th c.) with flying buttresses (end of 13th c.) & Gothic chapels

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Chevet (12th & 13th c.) and central tower form east

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Central tower: lower level (12th c.); upper level (13th c.); Renaissance lantern dome (1580-88)

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Chevet with Romanesque apsidal chapels (12th c.) & choir with flying buttresses (late 13th c.) from east

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Nave looking east (12th c.)

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South nave aisle with groin vault (begun c. 1130)

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Organ (Reipp, 1755) at west end

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Black Virgin (Auvergne, 12th c.), north choir

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Hemicycle (late 13th c.) with 19th c. glass

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Tapestries of the Life of the Virgin (Pierre Spicre, 15th c.)

Beauvais, Église St-Étienne

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West front (early 13th c.) & Romanesque south nave exterior

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Late Gothic north choir (1506-56)

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North transept rose, 'Wheel of Fortune' (c. 1150)

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

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Earliest rib vaults (c. 1130-40), south nave aisle

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Lantern crossing (1120) with lierne vault (16th c.)

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Choir lierne vault (1506-56)

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East end window (early 16th c.)

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'Adam and Eve expelled' (16th c.), baptistry

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'Dieu Piteux' altarpiece (16th c.) with Sts. Martha & Marguerite

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'Tree of Jesse' (Engrand Le Prince, 1522)

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St-Pierre window (16th c.)

La Bénisson-Dieu, Abbey

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West front portal & rose window (late 12th-beginning 13th c.)

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Bell-tower (end of 15th c.) from south

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South nave exterior (1170-80 to beginning 13th c.) with Chapelle de Nérestang (1639)

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Exterior from southeast with transept ruin

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Nave looking east (1170-80 to beginning 13th c.)

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Chapelle de Nérestang, entrance screen (1639)

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Chapelle de Nérestang, altar (1639)

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Unusual decorated groin vault (late 12th-beginning 13th c.), north nave aisle

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Abbatiale siège (seat) (15th c.)

Béziers Cathedral

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Cathédrale St-Nazaire (13th-14th c.), from southeast

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West front rose window exterior (14th c.)

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Bishop's garden (18th c.)

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West doors below organ (17th c.)

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West rose window (14th c.)

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Choir (13th c., modified 18th c.)

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4th north chevet window (detail)

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South choir windows (14th c. glass on top & bottom)

Blois, Église St-Vincent-de-Paul

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Église St-Vincent-de-Paul exterior (1626-71)

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Organ tribune (Gaspard Imbert, 17th c.)

Bommiers, St-Pierre

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Northeast choir & transept (12th c.)

Bonsecours, Notre-Dame

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West front (1840)

Boran-sur-Oise - Église

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Church (13th-15th c.); Gothic belfry (16th c.)

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