French Cathedrals & Churches

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Paris (by Arrondissement)

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Beyond Paris

Paris, 1st Arrondissement

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

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Classical façade (Errard, 1670-76)

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Elevation of interior (1670-76)

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Dome interior with 'Assomption' fresco (Charles de La Fosse, 17th c.)

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High altar (1670-76)

Ste-Chapelle

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Front façade (1241-48)

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Leaden flêche (Lassus, 1837-40)

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Apse (1240s), exterior

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Lower chapel painted vault (Boeswillwald, 1863)

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'Christ offering benediction,' trumeau at entrance to upper chapel

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Upper chapel windows (1240s), south side

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East end windows (1240s) with relics' platform (1264-67; restored 1843)

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Window 0, The Passion, bottom panels (1240s) with relics' platform (1264-67; restored 1843)

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Upper chapel windows (1240s), north side

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Window 3, Book of Isaiah, Tree of Jesse (detail) (1240s)

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Window 7, Book of Joshua, middle upper panes (1240s)

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Window 7, Book of Joshua, lancet 1, pane 11 (1240s)

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Window 7, Book of Joshua, lancet 4, pane 5 (1240s)

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Window 8, Books of Judith & Job (1240s)

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Window 9, Book of Numbers, lancet 2, panes 9 & 10 (1240s)

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Window 12, Book of Kings, middle & top panels (1240s)

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'Apocalypse' rose window (1485-98)

St-Leu-St-Gilles

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West front (1320, restored 1849) from northwest

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Nave looking east (early 14th c.)

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'Creation' window, 1st north nave chapel

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Pulpit in north nave

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Choir (1611)

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Choir center Ste-Helena window

St-Roch

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Façade (de Cotte, 1735-40)

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Baroque nave (1653-1740)

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Angel musicians on organ buffet (18th c.)

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Cupola dome at crossing, 'Le triomphe du Christ' (Adolphe Roger, 19th c.)

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Choir vault (Adolphe Roger, 19th c.)

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'Nativity' (Michel Anguier, 17th c.) in Chapel of the Virgin

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'L'Assomption' (Jean-Baptiste Pierre, 1752-56), dome of Chapel of the Virgin

Oratoire-du-Louvre

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Exterior of side and choir (1621-30)

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Façade (1740)

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Nave looking east (1621-30)

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South nave interior with transept (1621-30)

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'Conversion of Saul,' north nave chapel ceiling

St-Eustache

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South side exterior (1532-1637)

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Nave looking east (2nd half 16th c.)

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North nave elevation (2nd half 16th c.)

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Organ (Ducrochet, 1854)

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West rose & top of organ buffet

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1st south ambulatory chapel window (19th c.)

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Ste-Cécile monument (1858), northeast transept

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Rameau's tomb, Chapelle Ste-Cécile, 3rd south aisle chapel

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St-Louis window (19th c.), 1st north ambulatory chapel

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Choir & crossing vaults (1624-31)

St-Germain-l'Auxerrois

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North tower (1860) & west front rose window (early 16th c.)

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Gothic Flamboyant porch (Jean Gaussel, 1435-39)

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'Last Supper' keystone on south portal vault (1435-39)

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Nave looking east (15th c.)

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Chapel of the Virgin (late 13th c.) with 14th Virgin; paintings (Amaury-Duval, 1844-46), south nave aisle

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St. Mary the Egyptian (late 15th-early 16th c.), Chapel of the Virgin

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Pulpit (Mercier, 1635), south nave

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Flemish retable (beginning 15th c.), 4th north nave chapel

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Royal pew (Mercier-Le Brun, 1684), Louis XIV's 'Banc d'oeuvre,' north nave

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Organ (Cliquot, 1791); buffet (Roussel & Lavergne, 1756)

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South transept vault (15th c.)

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South transept rose window (late 15th-early 16th c.)

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'Three Infants at the Foot of the Cross' (Jouffroy, 19th c.), south transept

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1st northwest transept window (late 15th-early 16th c.)

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St-Louis window (19th c.), north ambulatory

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Choir (end of 13th c.); grille (1767)

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