French Cathedrals & Churches

Nice - Ouistreham

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Nice Cathedral

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Cathédrale Ste-Réparate (17th c.)

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Statue of Ste-Réparate above entrance portal (1650)

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Baroque vault of Chapelle de la Crucifixion (17th c.)

Niort, Église St-André

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West front towers (1855-63 in Neo-Gothic style)

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West end rose (19th c.)

Niort, Église Notre-Dame

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Spire of south transept tower (250' high) (Berthomé, 1491-1540), from east

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Base of spire, south transept tower (Berthomé, 1491-1540)

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Great east window (1491, reconstructed 1990)

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Pulpit (1877) in south aisle

Nogent-sur-Seine, St-Laurent

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Organ grand buffet (Vrey, 1587); petit buffet (1768)

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Choir (1421)

Noirlac Abbey

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Cloister north (13th c.) & east (early 14th c.) galleries; south exterior of abbey church (1150-1250); chapter house & refectory (13th c.) from southwest

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Cloister west gallery (13th c.) with capitals

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Chapter house arch (2nd half 12th c.); inside pillars (late 12th c.)

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Chapter house arches (2nd half 12th c.); ribbed vault (late 12th c.); cloister east gallery (early 14th c.)

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Cloister east gallery bay (early 14th c.)

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Abbey church nave (1150-1250)

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Refectory (13th c.)

Noyon Cathedral

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West front (early 13th c.) & refectory (c. 1240-50)

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Chevet (early 14th c.) & Treasury (c. 1170-75)

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Chapter library (1506)

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Cloister & courtyard (c. 1240-50)

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Nave looking east (c. 1185-1205)

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South nave elevation (c. 1185-1205)

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Chest with strap-hinges (13th c.)

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Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, pendant vault (c. 1528)

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North transept (c. 1165-85)

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Choir gallery (c. 1145-60)

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Hemicycle vault (c. 1145-60)

Orcival, Basilique Notre-Dame

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East end (1st half 12th c.)

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East end (1st half 12th c.) (detail)

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St-Jean portal, right side (12th c.)

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Nave looking east (1st half 12th c.)

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2nd south nave capital with birds & figures (12th c.)

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The crossing from south nave aisle (1st half 12th c.)

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Crypt (12th c.)

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Capitals in choir (12th c.) from south ambulatory

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Gilded Virgin enthroned (12th c.)

Ottmarsheim, Abbey

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Abbey (1020-30) from southeast

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Cupola interior (1220-30)

Ouistreham, St-Samson

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West front & tower (12th c.) from southwest

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Chevet (12th c.) from southeast

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South nave elevation (1150, restored 19th c.)

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South choir elevation (13th c.)

Nice, Église St-Jacques

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St-Jacques tower (17th c.) (on left)

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Baroque nave vault (1607-50)

Nîmes Cathedral

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-St-Castor (11th, 17th & 19th c.), west front

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'Noah's Ark,' west front Romanesque frieze

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Nave, looking east

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Rococo axial Lady Chapel

Nogent-le-Roi, Église St-Sulpice

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South exterior (late 15th-19th c.)

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Exterior from southeast (late 15th-19th c.)

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Wooden nave vault (mid-16th c.)

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North nave aisle vault (mid-16th c.)

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South transept windows (1st half 16th c.)

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South transept rose with musician angels (1st half 16th c.) (detail)

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'Annunciation,' northwest transept window (1546) (detail)

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Choir (1494-early 1500s)

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'Ecce Homo,' 3rd south choir clerestory window (16th c.)

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'Crucifixion,' east end clerestory windows (16th c.)

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'Resurrection,' 1st south choir clerestory window (1896)

Nouans-les-Fontaines, St-Martin

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Église St-Martin (13th c.); west façade (12th c.), from southwest

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Nave looking east with Angevin vault (13th c.)

Oloron-Ste-Marie Cathedral

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West front (12th-14th c.)

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West front belfry (12th c.)

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West porch portal with tympanum & archivolts (12th c.)

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Archivolts above tympanum (12th c.)

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Elder of the Apocalypse playing instrument (12th c.)

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Nave, looking west, with organ (1650) from high altar

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Pulpit (16th c.), north nave

Oloron-Ste-Marie, Ste-Croix

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West front (1070)

Orange Cathedral

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Nave (1085-1126), looking east

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Choir window

Orléans Cathedral

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West front & towers (1767-93) from northwest

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South exterior (17th-19th c.)

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South choir exterior (1601-23)

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East end chevet (1601-23)

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North transept portal (Martellanges, 1679)

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Nave looking east (1601-23)

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Organ (Cavaillé-Col, 19th c.); buffet (17th-18th c.)

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Joan of Arc window, 'Arrival near Orléans' (1895)

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North transept rose, 'Roi soleil' (Martellanges, 1679) (detail)

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Choir (1601-23) & stalls (1706)

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Choir stall rondel (1706)

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