French Cathedrals & Churches

Abbeville - Amiens

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Abbeville, St-Gilles

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Flamboyant west front central & south portals (1485, restored)

Abbeville, Collégiale St-Vulfran

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Flamboyant west front (1488-1502)

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Flamboyant west front portals (1488-1502)

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West front center portal tympanum rose (1488-1502)

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West front rose window exterior (1488-1502)

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Nave looking northeast (1488-1539)

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North nave elevation & lierne vault (15th-16th c.)

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Central portal tympanum window (1488-1502); glass (Didron, 1890)

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Narthex & nave lierne vaults (1488-1539)

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Angel on pulpit (17th c.) & west rose window (1488-1502); glass (Didron, 1890)

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West rose window (1488-1502); glass (Didron, 1890)

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'Nativity' altarpiece (early 17th c., restored 1888)

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'Woman taken in adultery' (16th c., restored 1843)

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East end choir upper windows (William Einstein, 1965)

Agen Cathedral

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Chevet (12th c.) from east

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Nave vault & crossing (16th c., restored 19th c.)

Aire-sur-l'Adour Cathedral

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"West front (13th c.) from southwest

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Nave looking east (14th-15th c.) with later decorations

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North choir window (19th c.)

Aix-en-Provence Cathedral

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West front portal (1510) & window

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Octagonal tower (15th c.) & angel on west front

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Triptych of the Passion, central panel (15th c.)

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Baptistry with antique columns (late 4th-early 5th c.) (detail)

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West end window

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Organ, green & gilt, in north choir

Aix-les-Bains, Église Notre-Dame

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South nave elevation (1900)

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Right chancel window (detail)

Albi Cathedral

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West front tower from northwest (late 13th-14th c.)

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South portal (early 16th c.)

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South portal (early 16th c.) from southwest

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Vault above south portal (early 16th c.)

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Nave vault (1509-12, Donella from Bologna)

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Jubé (c. 1474-84) and choir vault looking east

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Jubé vault (c. 1474-84)

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Choir (late 15th c.), looking west

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Angel on northwest end of jubé (late 15th c.)

Alès Cathedral

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South side exterior (13th c.)

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Neoclassical chevet (18th c.) & east end from northeast

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West tower (1430-38) from northeast

Alet-les-Bains, Cathedral-Abbey

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Ruins of Romanesque polygonal east end apse (11th-12th c.)

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Capital on exterior of Romanesque polygonal east end apse (11th-12th c.)

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South nave & Notre-Dame tower (12th c.) with St-André bell-tower (14th c.) in background

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North nave, upper level arches (11th-12th c.)

Ambierle, St-Martin

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Approach from southwest

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West front & nave (begun c. 1440) from southwest

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South choir exterior (15th c.)

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East end (15th c.)

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Nave looking east (15th c.)

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Angel on south choir stall (15th c.)

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Choir (15th c.) with retable (Flemish, 1476)

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Retable, center panels (Flemish, 1476)

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'Crucifixion,' center choir window (15th c.) (detail)

Abbeville, St-Sépulcre

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South exterior (15th c.); southwest tower (rebuilt 1864)

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Flamboyant west front portal tympanum (15th c.); statue (probably 19th c.)

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South nave aisle looking east (15th c.)

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'The Blood and Water' (Manessier, 1993), 1st north nave aisle window

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'Entombment' (15th c. Christ & 19th c. figures), north nave aisle

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'The Shadow of the Cross' (Manessier, 1993), west end window

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'The Grand night of the Holy Saturday' (Manessier, 1993), north transept window

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'The Empty tomb' or 'The Announcement of the Resurrection' (Manessier, 1993), northeast aisle in Lady Chapel

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'Resurrection' center windows (Manessier, 1993), choir

Agde Cathedral

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Fortified west front (late 12th c.) from southwest

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North bell-tower (14th c.) from north

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Nave looking east (late 12th c., restored 17th c.)

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Baroque choir polychrome marble altarpiece (17th c.)

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Baroque choir polychrome marble altarpiece (17th c.), upper left side

Aime, Basilique St-Martin

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View of basilique (1014-19) from east

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East end (11th c.)

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South exterior with blind arcade (11th c.)

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Nave looking east with wooden vault (11th c.)

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Half-raised crypt (9th-10th c.) under choir

Airvault, St-Pierre

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West façade (mid-12th c.)

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South nave exterior (12th c.)

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Southeast exterior (12th c.); bell-tower (mid-13th c.)

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Narthex (mid-12th c.)

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Nave looking east (12th c.); lierne vault (1225)

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Altarpiece (late 11th c.), northwest nave baptistry chapel

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2nd south nave column capitals (12th c.)

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Southeast transept chapel with groin vault (12th c.)

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Choir (12th c.)

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Choir capitals (12th c.) & vault (restored 1225)

Albi, St-Salvi

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Bell-tower, Romanesque base with Lombard bands (end of 11th c.), topped with southern Gothic watchtower, the 'gachole'

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Southern Gothic watchtower, the 'gachole' (detail)

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North portal (11th-12th c.)

Alençon, Basilique Notre-Dame

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Crossing tower (18th c.); north nave (15th c.); north nave chapels (16th c.) from northwest

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Flamboyant west porch, upper levels (Jean Lemoine, 1490-1506) from northwest

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Flamboyant west porch portal, upper levels (Jean Lemoine, 1490-1506) from west

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Nave looking east (14th c.)

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North nave clerestory (c. 1530) with tierceron vault (Lemoine, c. 1500)

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'The Creation' (c. 1530), 1st north nave clerestory

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'The Sacrifice of Abraham' (c. 1530), 3rd north nave clerestory

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'Moses and the Bronze Serpent' (c. 1530), 5th north nave clerestory

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'Annunciation and Visitation' (c. 1530), 4th south nave clerestory

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'Descent from the Cross' (c. 1530), 3rd south nave clerestory

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Pulpit, stone & wood, painted & gilded (1536 & 1765)

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Organ (1537); buffet (1652-55; repaired 1691)

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Tree of Jesse window (1511), west end

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Looking west from axial chapel; baldachin over high altar (18th c.)

Amiens Cathedral

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West front portals (1st half 13th c.); towers (1365-1402); and rose window (1480-90)

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West front, King's Gallery, rose window and towers (early 13th c.)

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Musician, left side of north portal (13th c.)

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Angel, left side, north portal (13th c.)

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West front central portal 'Beau Dieu' trumeau (13th c.)

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West front central portal 'Last Judgment' tympanum (13th c.)

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West front rose exterior (1480-90)

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South transept (13th c.); rose window (c. 1500)

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Choir exterior from southeast (13th c.) & Chapel of the Macchabees

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North transept & nave exterior (13th-14th c.)

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North transept rose window exterior (late 13th-early 14th c.)

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Nave looking east (13th c.)

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Labyrinth on nave floor (1288, relaid 1894)

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Grand orgue principal buffet (1549), positif buffet (1620), soubassement (1422)

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South transept rose (c. 1500)

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North transept rose & triforium (late 13th-early 14th c.)

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Double south ambulatory aisle (13th c.)

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'Weeping Angel' on funerary group (Blasset, 1636), east end ambulatory

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East end Lady Chapel windows (Gaudin, 1933)

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Relic of head of John the Baptist (taken from Constantinople in 1204), north ambulatory

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Story of John the Baptist, stone polychrome (1531), north ambulatory

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Choir (13th c.); stalls (1508-19); high altar (18th c.)

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Choir east end center window (1269)

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