French Cathedrals & Churches

Dax - Dun-sur-Auron

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

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West front & towers (completed 1894)

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South exterior (1694-1719)

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East end exterior (1694-1719)

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Baroque nave & choir looking east (1694-1719)

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South nave 4th bay clerestory (19th c.)

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Joan of Arc, 4th north nave aisle window (1899)

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Organ (late 17th c.), lower levels

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Dome in crossing (1694-1719)

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South transept rose (19th c.)

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Gothic portal (13th c.) preserved in north transept (1694-1719)

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Choir vault (1694-1719)

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Angel on high altar (mid-18th c.) & east window

Digne-les-Bains,
Cathedral Notre-Dame-du-Bourg

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Romanesque west front (1200-1330)

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South nave & transept exterior (1200-1330)

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Nave looking east with barrel vault (1200-1330)

Dijon, Chartreuse de Champmol

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East end of chapel (1383-88)

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Chapel portal (Claus Sluter, 1388-93)

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The Well of Moses exterior (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

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The Well of Moses interior, Moses & David (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

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Angel above Moses (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

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David (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

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David (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405) (detail)

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Angel above David (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

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Jeremiah (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

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Angel above Jeremiah (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

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Zechariah & angels (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

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Angel wings above Zechariah (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405) (detail)

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Daniel & Isaiah (Claus Sluter, 1395-1405)

Dijon, Notre-Dame

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West front arcaded galleries (1220-40) with three moldings of gargoyles (replicas from 1881)

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West front gargoyles (c. 1240; some replicas from 1880-82)

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Three moldings of gargoyles from southwest with turret (1220-40)

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Chevet (1220-40) & crossing tower (rebuilt late 19th c.) from east

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Nave looking east (1220-40)

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Nave looking west (1220-40)

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South transept rose, 'The Last Judgment' (Didron, late 19th c.)

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Lantern tower vault (1220-40)

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North transept lancets, Sts-Pierre & André (c. 1235)

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North transept rose, 'The Creation' (Didron, late 19th c.)

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Choir (1220-40)

Dinan, Basilique St-Sauveur

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West front (entrance porch 12th c. & gable, 15th c.)

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West front with central tower (1557) & belfry (1779)

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Window of the Evangelists (1480)

Dole, Basilique Notre-Dame

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Notre-Dame (1509-86) from southeast

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Nave looking east (1509-71)

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Organ gallery (former jubé) (Denis le Rupt, 1562-68) & organ buffet (Riepp, 1754)

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South transept window (16th c.; glass by Gruber, 1933)

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Hemicycle vault (16th c.)

Le Dorat, Collégiale St-Pierre

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West front portal with Arabic scalloped embellishments (11th-12th c.)

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South choir exterior with base of octagonal bell-tower (11th-12th c.) & fortified tower (late 15th c.)

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North exterior from northeast (11th-12th c.)

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Nave looking east (11th-12th c.)

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Nave looking west (11th-12th c.)

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St-Theobald south transept window (19th c.)

Dreux, Royal Chapel

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Entrance to Chapelle Royale St-Louis (1816-45)

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Chapel interior (1816-45)

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Tomb of Louis-Philippe & his wife, Marie-Amélie (Mercié, 1886)

Dun-sur-Auron, St-Étienne

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Romanesque south choir chapel exterior (12th c.)

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Nativity altarpiece (16th c.), 1st north nave chapel

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Nave looking west from ambulatory (13th c.)

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Nave ribbed vault (13th c.) & north nave aisle groined vault (12th c.), looking west

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Axial Lady Chapel (15th c., restored 19th c.)

Déols, St-Étienne

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Northwest tower (early 16th c.); west front (12th c.); south lateral chapels (15th c.)

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Crypt of St-Lude (3rd c.)

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Gallo-Roman sarcophagus of St-Lude (3rd c.)

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Gallo-Roman sarcophagus of St-Lude (3rd c.), center (detail)

Die Cathedral

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West tower, upper levels (13th c.) from northeast

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Mythical beasts, west tower portal capital (12th c.)

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West porch portal (11th c.)

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Mutilated west porch portal 'Passion' tympanum (12th c.)

Dieppe, St-Jacques

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Northwest exterior (13th-15th c.)

Digne-les-Bains,
Cathedral St-Jérôme

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Nave looking east (1490-1500, restored 19th c.)

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West end rose (19th c.)

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Southwest end window (19th c.)

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'Tree of Jesse' (19th c.), north choir Lady Chapel

Dijon Cathedral

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Cathedral St-Bénigne (13th c.), west front

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South exterior (late 13th c.); transept (19th-20th c.)

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West towers from southeast (1300-10)

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East end exterior (1281-88)

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Nave looking east (1288-1350)

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North nave elevation (1310-50)

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Nave looking west (1288-1350); organ (Riepp, 1740-45)

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South transept window with 'Stoning of Stephen' (Didron, 1899)

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North transept window (Didron, 1902)

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Lady Chapel, end of southeast aisle (Didron, 19th c.)

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Choir (1281-88)

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Center chevet clerestory window (Didron, 1897)

Dijon, St-Michel

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Renaissance towers (completed 1661)

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West front porch (completed 1570)

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West front upper levels (completed 1661)

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West front porch central portal tympanum, 'The Last Judgment' (Nicolas de la Cour, 1551)

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Central portal trumeau, Orpheus & lyre (Nicolas de la Cour, 1551)

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South transept portal gable (16th c.)

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Nave looking east (1499-1529)

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Southeast transept; Renaissance stone frame (Damotte, 1535)

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'Noah building ark' (Marlet & Munier, 1763), northwest transept pier

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'Woman at the well' (Marlet & Munier, 1763), southwest transept pier

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Chancel windows (modern)

Dinan, Église St-Malo

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Southeast view from Tour de l'Horloge

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Solemn entry of Anne de Bretagne into Dinan (1923-27)

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In 1180 Geoffroy de Dinan retires to the priory of St-Malo (1923-7)

Dol-de-Bretagne Cathedral

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West front, north tower (begun 1520, unfinished); center (12th c.); south tower (15th c., restored 17th c.)

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Petit-Porche vault (13th c.)

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Grand-Porche (14th-15th c.) & south transept (13th c.)

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Choir from northeast (completed 1279)

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North transept window exterior (13th c.)

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Nave looking east (completed 1231)

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West end window (12th c., glass 19th c.)

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North transept window (13th c., glass 1887)

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Great east window (late 13th c., restored 16th c. & 1870)

Douai, Église St-Pierre

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Bulb of apsidal chapel (18th c.) from north

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West front tower (1512-1686) from northeast (closeup)

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West front tower (1512-1686) from north (closeup)

Dreux, Église St-Pierre

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Approach from southwest (13th-17th c.)

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South nave Flamboyant clerestory exterior (late 15th c.)

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West end rose (19th c.)

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'Christ on the Cross' (1st third 16th c.), 1st south nave chapel

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South transept vault (1600-05)

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Organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1867); buffet (Toussaint Fortier, 1614)

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'Tree of Jesse' (Eugène Moulin, 1877), 3rd north ambulatory chapel

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'Crucifixion' (18th c.), east end center clerestory window

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