Limoges Cathedral
West front tower with Romanesque base & Gothic top four storeys
Cathédrale St-Étienne (13th-19th c.), from south
South transept (late 14th c.) from Bishop's Garden
South chevet (1273-1327)
North transept exterior (1517-30)
Nave looking east, 2 eastern bays (1485-99); choir (1273-1327)
Nave looking west
West rose window (19th c.) behind organ
Renaissance rood screen (1535) under organ-loft
Baptistry (1876-88), 1st south nave aisle chapel
West end of north nave aisle with circular staircase to organ
South transept rose (late 14th c.)
North transept, rose window (1517-30)
North transept, lower windows (1517-30)
Tree of Jesse (1854), 1st north ambulatory chapel
Angel musician (14th c.), 3rd north ambulatory chapel
Chapelle des Saints-Evêques de Limoges (Steinheil, 1873-77), 4th north ambulatory chapel
Choir (1273-1327)
Chevet clerestory (15th c.)
Lisieux, St-Jacques
South exterior (15th c.)
Lisieux, Basilique Ste-Thérèse
Basilica exterior from northwest (Cordonnier, 1929-54)
Dome over crossing (1929-54)
Choir interior (1929-54), mosaics (Pierre Gaudin, 20th c.)
Mosaic decoration in southeast crypt chapel (Pierre Gaudin, 20th c.)
Mosaic decoration in northeast crypt chapel (Pierre Gaudin, 20th c.)
Lodève Cathedral
North side, exterior
North nave clerestory, 1st bay
Organ buffet (1753)
Chevet windows
'Lutrin' in chancel
Lourdes, Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries, Lourdes
Sanctuaries, Lourdes
Sanctuaries, Lourdes
Sanctuaries, Lourdes
Luçon Cathedral
West front (1675-1702)
Choir vault (15th c.), looking east
East end chancel window, left side (15th c.)
Richelieu's pulpit (early 17th c.)
Luz-St-Sauveur,
Église de St-André
East end & battlements (14th c.) from northeast
Tympanum of north portal (12th c.)
Lyon, St-Martin-d'Ainay
Nave looking east (consecrated 1107)
Frescoes in central apse (Flandrin, 1855) (closeup)
South choir capital, 'Adam & Eve with the serpent' (12th c.)
Lyon, Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière
Basilica N.-D.-de-Fourvière (Bossan, 1872-96), east end
West front (Pierre Bossan, 1872-84)
Nave looking east (Pierre Bossan, 1872-84)
1st north nave window (Georges Décôte)
1st south nave window (Georges Décôte)
'The First Christians in Lyon' (Charles Lemeire, 1910), 1st south nave mosaic
'Joan of Arc in Orléans' (Charles Lemeire, 1909 & Georges Décôte, 1917), 2nd south nave mosaic
'Lepanto and Our Lady of the Rosary' (Charles Lemeire, 1832-1910), 2nd north nave mosaic
North aisle mosaic floor design (19th c.)
Choir vault (1872-84)
Limoges, St-Michel-des-Lions
West end left window
West end center window
East end left 'John' window (15th c.)
East end right 'Mary' window (15th c.)
Limoges, St-Pierre-du-Queyroix
Jesus Teaching in a Boat (19th c.), east end
Jesus Teaching in a Boat (detail)
Limoux
St-Martin, east end (12th-16th c.) from old bridge (15th c.)
West front tower (14th c.)
West front rose (14th-15th c.)
Lisieux Cathedral
Cathedral (12th-13th c.) from southwest
West front north portal (13th c.)
South transept Portail du Paradis (12th c.) & buttresses (added 15th c.)
Choir (13th c.) from southeast
Exterior from northeast (12th-13th c.)
South tower (16th c.) with spire (1579) & north tower (13th c., unfinished) from northwest
Nave looking east (12th c.)
2nd north nave Chapelle Ste-Germaine (Gsell, 1877)
'St-Pierre crucifié' window (1st half 13th c., restored), northwest transept
South ambulatory (c. 1225) & north choir (13th c.)
Axial Lady Chapel (Cauchon, 15th c.)
1st north window in Lady Chapel
Choir (13th c.)
High altar (1888) & angels (1st half 18th c.) in choir
Angel on right (1st half 18th c.) in choir
Loches, Collégiale St-Ours
North exterior with pyramidal vaults over nave (c. 1165); base of west tower on right (late 10th c.)
Inner porch tympanum (c. 1150-60)
North choir barrel vault (c. 1135-45)
Tomb of Agnès Sorel (1422-50)
Lombez Cathedral
Five-tiered octagonal belfry (c. 1346), from west
Lonzac
Renaissance Ste-Marie or Notre-Dame (1520-30)
Louviers, Notre-Dame
West front portal (14th c.); north tower (unfinished, begun 1411); & Flamboyant southwest front (15th-16th c.)
Flamboyant south exterior (15th-16th c.)
Flamboyant south Renaissance porch (1528)
Flat east end (early 13th c.)
Nave looking east (13th c.)
3rd south nave aisle window (15th-16th c.)
North nave aisle capital (13th c.)
Entombment (late 15th c.), end of northwest nave
Star vault in crossing tower (c. 1500)
Lyon Cathedral
East end chevet (12th c.)
Cathedral from southwest at sunset
West front (1308-1481)
West front rose window (1392-94), earliest surviving Flamboyant rose
Human gargoyle on east end (12th c.)
North transept rose exterior (13th c.)
Nave looking east (c. 1175-1254)
West end rose (Henri de Nivelle, 1394) (closeup)
Chapelle des Bourbons, Flamboyant pendant vault (late 15th c.)
Chapelle des Bourbons, helicoidal spiral rose at west end (late 15th c.)
South transept (13th c.)
Astronomical clock (14th c.), northeast transept
Choir (c. 1175-1254)
Southeast choir Chapel of the Cross, east windows (Grubert, 1973)
Lady Chapel window (12th c., oldest in cathedral), northeast choir
Upper choir windows (2nd half 13th c.)