French Cathedrals & Churches

Chartres - Cluny

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

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Cathedral from southeast (12th-13th c.)

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West front (12th, 13th & 16th c.)

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West front 'Portail Royal' (1145-55)

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North porch, central portal, left side statues (1225)

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Renaissance clock (1520) by north tower

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South porch rose, gable & lancets (c. 1225)

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West end lancets (12th c.)

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West rose, Last Judgment (1215)

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Chapelle St-Piat, Bishop's window (14th c.)

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Window #6, south nave, Parable of the Good Samaritan (13th c.)

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Window #14, south ambulatory, Blue Virgin (12th c.)

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Window #57, northwest transept, St. Lawrence, lower panels (border 13th c. & modern glass 1967)

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Window #61, north nave, Joseph (13th c.)

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Window #61, north nave, Joseph, 1st rondel (13th c.)

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Window #63, north nave, St. Lubin (13th c.)

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Window #64, north nave, Noah, 5th rondel (13th c.)

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Window #95, south transept rose & lancets (c. 1225)

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Window #95, south transept rose (c. 1225)

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Window #95, south transept rose, center (detail) (c. 1225)

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Window #145, north transept rose & lancets (c. 1230)

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Window #145, north transept rose (c. 1230)

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Window #145, north transept rose, center (detail) (c. 1230)

Châtellerault, St-Jacques

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Neo-Poitevin-Romanesque façade (19th c.)

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Angevin Gothic vault in nave (13th c., restored)

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North nave chapel window

Chauvigny, Collégiale St-Pierre

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View of medieval cité from southeast

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Choir (12th c.) & tower (early 13th c.) from northeast

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Nave looking east (12th c., restored & repainted 19th c.)

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Lantern vault (early 13th c., restored & repainted 19th c.)

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Lower choir columns (12th c., restored & repainted 19th c.)

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'Monsters,' choir capital (12th c., restored & repainted 19th c.)

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Choir triforium (12th c., restored & repainted 19th c.)

Chinon, St-Mexme

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Façade (11th c.), Romanesque tower & Gothic tower (15th c.)

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'Crucifixion' mural (c. 1000)

Chissey-sur-Loue, St-Christophe

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Church from northwest (late 12th, 15th & 18th c.)

Clamecy Cathedral

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Notre-Dame-de-Bethléem (20th c.) on site of ancient cathedral

Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame from north

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West front (19th c.)

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West tower spires (19th c.)

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Angled buttress on southeast chevet (1248-67)

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North transept (13th c.) & Tour de la Bayette (1325-40)

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Nave looking east (13th, 14th & 19th c.)

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West rose (19th c.) & top of organ (1877)

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'Genesis' window (Alain Makaraviez, 1982), north nave, west end

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'Apocalypse' window (Alain Makaraviez, 1982), south nave, west end

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South transept rose (c. 1320)

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North transept rose (late 13th c.)

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Le Jacquemart, clock (1527)

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th south ambulatory Chapel of St. Anne (end of 12th c.)

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1st north ambulatory Chapel of St. George, frescoes, left side (late 13th c.)

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High altar (Viollet-le-Duc & Bachelet, 1855) & ambulatory windows (13th c.)/p>

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High altar (1855) & ambulatory windows (13th c.)

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Chancel clerestory windows (1270-80)

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Center chancel clerestory window (1270-80) (detail)

Chartres, St-Aignan

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Nave looking east (early 16th c,); triforium gallery & clerestory (17th c.)

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St-Michel window (Jean Jouan, 1547), south nave

Chartres, St-Pierre

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Chevet flying buttresses (late 13th c.) from southeast

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Wrought-iron screen, south ambulatory chapel (mid-12th c.)

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Apse clerestory windows (c. 1300)

Châteauneuf-sur-Cher, Basilique Notre-Dame-des-Enfants

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Neo-Gothic west front (1898)

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Neo-Gothic nave looking east (1898)

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Baptistry, 1st north nave chapel (1898)

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West end rose window (Lobin, 19th c.)

Châteauneuf, St-Pierre-et-St-Paul

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West front (12th c.)

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Bell-tower from southwest (mid-15th c.)

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South nave portal lintel of 12 apostles (11th c.)

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East end exterior (12th c.) & bell-tower (mid-15th c.)

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Nave looking west (12th c., arcades rebuilt 1463)

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Crossing dome looking east (12th c.)

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Apse with oven vault (12th c.)

Châteauroux, St-André

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Neo-Gothic west front (Alfred Dauvergne, 1869-76)

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Neo-Gothic nave looking east (Alfred Dauvergne, 1869-76)

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South transept rose with angel musicians (Lobin, c. 1870)

Châteauxneuf-sur-Loire,
St-Martial

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Tomb of Phélypeaux de la Vrillière (1686) (detail)

Châtillon-sur-Indre,
Église Notre-Dame

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South transept (12th c.) & chevet (last quarter 11th c.)

Chaumes-en-Brie, Église

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Couperin family church (13th-14th c.)

Chauvigny, Église Notre-Dame

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Tri-apsidal east end (12th c.)

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'Temptation of Eve,' Romanesque capital (12th c.), south choir

Chermignac, Église

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Hosanna Cross (15th c.)

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Romanesque west front (12th c.) & Gothic octagonal bell-tower

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Choir with ribbed vault (13th c.)

Chinon, St-Étienne

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Renaissance west front (Philippe de Comines, 1480)

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'St-Étienne,' east choir windows (19th c.)

Chinon, Ste-Radegonde

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Apse of chapel in rock face (12th c.)

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'Royal Hunt' mural (2nd half 12th c.)

Choisy-le-Roi Cathedral

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South side exterior (1748-60)

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Choir (1748-60)

Clamecy, Collégiale St-Martin

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Collégiale St-Martin (12th-16th c.), Flamboyant west front

Clermont-Ferrand,
Notre-Dame-du-Port

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Chevet from east (12th c.)

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Chevet (detail) from southeast (12th c.)

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Tympanum of Romanesque south nave portal (12th c.)

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Romanesque choir with capitals (12th c.)

Cluny Abbey

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Abbey site

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Ancienne Abbaye (1088-1131), Clocher de l'Eau-Benite

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Transept vault (1088-1131, tallest Romanesque vault)

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Chancel capital #7, Young man playing a lute (early 12th c.)

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