Abbeville, St-Gilles
Flamboyant west front central & south portals (1485, restored)
Abbeville, Collégiale St-Vulfran
Flamboyant west front (1488-1502)
Flamboyant west front portals (1488-1502)
West front center portal tympanum rose (1488-1502)
West front rose window exterior (1488-1502)
Nave looking northeast (1488-1539)
North nave elevation & lierne vault (15th-16th c.)
Central portal tympanum window (1488-1502); glass (Didron, 1890)
Narthex & nave lierne vaults (1488-1539)
Angel on pulpit (17th c.) & west rose window (1488-1502); glass (Didron, 1890)
West rose window (1488-1502); glass (Didron, 1890)
'Nativity' altarpiece (early 17th c., restored 1888)
'Woman taken in adultery' (16th c., restored 1843)
East end choir upper windows (William Einstein, 1965)
Agen Cathedral
Chevet (12th c.) from east
Nave vault & crossing (16th c., restored 19th c.)
Aire-sur-l'Adour Cathedral
"West front (13th c.) from southwest
Nave looking east (14th-15th c.) with later decorations
North choir window (19th c.)
Aix-en-Provence Cathedral
West front portal (1510) & window
Octagonal tower (15th c.) & angel on west front
Triptych of the Passion, central panel (15th c.)
Baptistry with antique columns (late 4th-early 5th c.) (detail)
West end window
Organ, green & gilt, in north choir
Aix-les-Bains, Église Notre-Dame
South nave elevation (1900)
Right chancel window (detail)
Albi Cathedral
West front tower from northwest (late 13th-14th c.)
South portal (early 16th c.)
South portal (early 16th c.) from southwest
Vault above south portal (early 16th c.)
Nave vault (1509-12, Donella from Bologna)
Jubé (c. 1474-84) and choir vault looking east
Jubé vault (c. 1474-84)
Choir (late 15th c.), looking west
Angel on northwest end of jubé (late 15th c.)
Alès Cathedral
South side exterior (13th c.)
Neoclassical chevet (18th c.) & east end from northeast
West tower (1430-38) from northeast
Alet-les-Bains, Cathedral-Abbey
Ruins of Romanesque polygonal east end apse (11th-12th c.)
Capital on exterior of Romanesque polygonal east end apse (11th-12th c.)
South nave & Notre-Dame tower (12th c.) with St-André bell-tower (14th c.) in background
North nave, upper level arches (11th-12th c.)
Ambierle, St-Martin
Approach from southwest
West front & nave (begun c. 1440) from southwest
South choir exterior (15th c.)
East end (15th c.)
Nave looking east (15th c.)
Angel on south choir stall (15th c.)
Choir (15th c.) with retable (Flemish, 1476)
Retable, center panels (Flemish, 1476)
'Crucifixion,' center choir window (15th c.) (detail)
Abbeville, St-Sépulcre
South exterior (15th c.); southwest tower (rebuilt 1864)
Flamboyant west front portal tympanum (15th c.); statue (probably 19th c.)
South nave aisle looking east (15th c.)
'The Blood and Water' (Manessier, 1993), 1st north nave aisle window
'Entombment' (15th c. Christ & 19th c. figures), north nave aisle
'The Shadow of the Cross' (Manessier, 1993), west end window
'The Grand night of the Holy Saturday' (Manessier, 1993), north transept window
'The Empty tomb' or 'The Announcement of the Resurrection' (Manessier, 1993), northeast aisle in Lady Chapel
'Resurrection' center windows (Manessier, 1993), choir
Agde Cathedral
Fortified west front (late 12th c.) from southwest
North bell-tower (14th c.) from north
Nave looking east (late 12th c., restored 17th c.)
Baroque choir polychrome marble altarpiece (17th c.)
Baroque choir polychrome marble altarpiece (17th c.), upper left side
Aime, Basilique St-Martin
View of basilique (1014-19) from east
East end (11th c.)
South exterior with blind arcade (11th c.)
Nave looking east with wooden vault (11th c.)
Half-raised crypt (9th-10th c.) under choir
Airvault, St-Pierre
West façade (mid-12th c.)
South nave exterior (12th c.)
Southeast exterior (12th c.); bell-tower (mid-13th c.)
Narthex (mid-12th c.)
Nave looking east (12th c.); lierne vault (1225)
Altarpiece (late 11th c.), northwest nave baptistry chapel
2nd south nave column capitals (12th c.)
Southeast transept chapel with groin vault (12th c.)
Choir (12th c.)
Choir capitals (12th c.) & vault (restored 1225)
Albi, St-Salvi
Bell-tower, Romanesque base with Lombard bands (end of 11th c.), topped with southern Gothic watchtower, the 'gachole'
Southern Gothic watchtower, the 'gachole' (detail)
North portal (11th-12th c.)
Alençon, Basilique Notre-Dame
Crossing tower (18th c.); north nave (15th c.); north nave chapels (16th c.) from northwest
Flamboyant west porch, upper levels (Jean Lemoine, 1490-1506) from northwest
Flamboyant west porch portal, upper levels (Jean Lemoine, 1490-1506) from west
Nave looking east (14th c.)
North nave clerestory (c. 1530) with tierceron vault (Lemoine, c. 1500)
'The Creation' (c. 1530), 1st north nave clerestory
'The Sacrifice of Abraham' (c. 1530), 3rd north nave clerestory
'Moses and the Bronze Serpent' (c. 1530), 5th north nave clerestory
'Annunciation and Visitation' (c. 1530), 4th south nave clerestory
'Descent from the Cross' (c. 1530), 3rd south nave clerestory
Pulpit, stone & wood, painted & gilded (1536 & 1765)
Organ (1537); buffet (1652-55; repaired 1691)
Tree of Jesse window (1511), west end
Looking west from axial chapel; baldachin over high altar (18th c.)
Amiens Cathedral
West front portals (1st half 13th c.); towers (1365-1402); and rose window (1480-90)
West front, King's Gallery, rose window and towers (early 13th c.)
Musician, left side of north portal (13th c.)
Angel, left side, north portal (13th c.)
West front central portal 'Beau Dieu' trumeau (13th c.)
West front central portal 'Last Judgment' tympanum (13th c.)
West front rose exterior (1480-90)
South transept (13th c.); rose window (c. 1500)
Choir exterior from southeast (13th c.) & Chapel of the Macchabees
North transept & nave exterior (13th-14th c.)
North transept rose window exterior (late 13th-early 14th c.)
Nave looking east (13th c.)
Labyrinth on nave floor (1288, relaid 1894)
Grand orgue principal buffet (1549), positif buffet (1620), soubassement (1422)
South transept rose (c. 1500)
North transept rose & triforium (late 13th-early 14th c.)
Double south ambulatory aisle (13th c.)
'Weeping Angel' on funerary group (Blasset, 1636), east end ambulatory
East end Lady Chapel windows (Gaudin, 1933)
Relic of head of John the Baptist (taken from Constantinople in 1204), north ambulatory
Story of John the Baptist, stone polychrome (1531), north ambulatory
Choir (13th c.); stalls (1508-19); high altar (18th c.)
Choir east end center window (1269)