French Cathedrals & Churches

Ganagobie - Guingamp

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Ganagobie, Abbey

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West portal with lobular decoration (12th c.)

Gargilesse,
St-Laurent-et-Notre-Dame

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East end exterior (12th c.)

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Nave looking east (12th c.)

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Nave looking west with capitals (12th c.)

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Capital of Apocalypse elders, crossing (12th c.)

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East end apse (12th c.)

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Capital (12th c.) at east end

Germigny-des Prés,
Carolingian Oratory

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East & north apse exterior (806)

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Lantern arches looking east with Visigothic horseshoe arch (806)

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Ark of the Covenant mosaic (5th c.), dome of east apse

Gisors, St-Gervais-et-St-Protais

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West front north tower (1536); porch (1562); south tower (16th c., incomplete)

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Flamboyant south nave buttresses, side chapels & transept (16th c.)

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East end rose window (1249)

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North transept wooden doors (16th c.)

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Northwest tower (1536), from northeast

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North nave elevation with tierceron vault in nave (16th c.)

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Entrance to chapel in southwest tower & escalier (16th c.)

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'Tree of Jesse' (Pierre du Fresnoy, 1585-91) in southwest tower chapel

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South nave outer aisle (16th c.), looking east

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Renaissance arcade below organ at west end

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North transept Flamboyant vault (16th c.)

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3rd south ambulatory window (17th c.)

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Decorated wall above altar in Lady Chapel (16th c.)

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3rd north ambulatory window in northeast chapel

Grenoble Cathedral

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'Adoration of the Shepherds,' gilded wood (18th c.), north side of apse

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'Adoration on the Magi,' gilded wood (18th c.), south side of apse (closeup)

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Gothic ciborium (1457), lower levels

Guéhenno, Église & Calvary

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West front (16th c.)

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Calvary (Guillouic, 1550) & ossuary

Guérande, St-Aubin

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

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West front, upper levels with towers

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North transept, Chapelle de la Vierge Marie

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Chapelle de la Vierge Marie (1885), upper panels

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'Coronation & Assumption' window (18th c.)

Gap Cathedral

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Tower and steeple (1866-96) from northwest

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West front, lower levels (1866-96)

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Nave looking east (1866-96)

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North choir, lower left window (late 19th c.)

Geaune, Église St-Jean-Baptiste

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Southeast choir exterior (late 14th-early 15th c.)

Gensac-la-Pallue, St-Martin

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West façade (2nd quarter 12th c.); circular bell towers (Abadie, 2nd half 19th c.)

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West façade, 'Assomption de la Vierge' (2nd quarter 12th c.)

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West façade capitals (2nd quarter 12th c.)

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Nave looking east with 2nd, 3rd & 4th cupolas (11th c.)

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3rd cupola of nave vault (11th c.) (detail)

Goulven, Église

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East end with tower & spire (15th-16th c.)

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East end window, Goulven

Gourdon, Notre-Dame

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South nave exterior (late 11th-early 12th c.) from southwest

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Northeast exterior (late 11th-early 12th c.)

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North exterior (late 11th-early 12th c.)

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

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East end apse with murals (12th c.)

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East end apse murals, south side (12th c.)

Grasse Cathedral

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Cathedral from west (12th, 13th & 18th c.)

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West front (13th & 18th c.); bell-tower (18th c.)

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Nave looking east (early 13th c.)

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Nave ribbed vault (early 13th c.)

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North nave elevation (early 13th c.); gallery (1692)

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South nave aisle (18th c.) with Rubens' paintings

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Chapelle St-Sacrement (1738), off south nave aisle

Guebwiller, St-Léger

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West front & octagonal tower (1182-c. 1282)

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Choir windows

Guebwiller, Notre-Dame

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Neoclassical façade (1760-85)

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Nave (1760-85)

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Choir (1760-85) & high altar of the Assumption (Sporrer, 1783)

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North nave aisle vault and columns (1760-85)

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Organ (Rabiny, 1785) at west end

Guimiliau, Parish Close

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Parish Close (rebuilt early 17th c.)

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Calvary (1581-88) & funerary chapel (1648)

Guingamp, Basilique Notre-Dame

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Central tower & flèche (14th c.) from southeast

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Polygonal chevet (15th c.)

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Interior flying buttresses in south chancel

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