Les Andelys - Grand-Andely,
Collégiale Notre-Dame
Approaching Collégiale Notre-Dame (13th-17th c.) from southwest
West portal and blind arcades (13th c.)
Flamboyant south transept rose window exterior (15th-16th c.)
Renaissance north choir & transept exterior (1550-75)
Nave looking east (14th c.)
'Creation' window #1, 6th south nave clerestory (1560)
'Abraham & Isaac' window #4, 3rd south nave clerestory (1560)
Clovis & Clotilde, left window (c. 1540), 1st south nave aisle chapel
St-Léger window (1540), 2nd south nave aisle chapel
Virgin window (1540), 3rd south nave aisle chapel
Organ buffet, upper panels (Etienne Delaure, 1573)
Organ buffet, lower panels (Etienne Delaure, 1573)
Flamboyant south transept rose (15th-16th c.)
Angers, Collégiale St-Martin
Nave looking east (11th c.; restored 1988-2006)
Lantern at crossing (10th c.)
Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels, northeast choir (2nd half 12th c.)
Anjou Gothic choir (late 12th c.)
Sacristy (end of 15th c.), north choir
Crypt with Merovingian tombs (7th-9th c.)
Angers, St-Serge
Nave looking east (1445-66)
1st north nave clerestory of Prophets (André Robin, 1462-63)
2nd south nave clerestory of Apostles (André Robin, 1462-63)
South transept wall (from the 11th c. church); vault (15th c.)
Sunken southeast transept baptistry chapel (12th c.)
Sunken northeast transept Lady Chapel (13th c.)
Choir (1220-25)
Choir from northwest (1220-25) with 13 Angevin cupolas
East end apse vault (1220-25)
Sacrarium (1483-1501), armoire aux reliques, south apse
South choir grisaille window (13th c.)
Angers, La Trinité/Ronceray Abbey
West front of La Trinité (12th c.) attached to southeast tower of Ronceray Abbey (end of 11th c.)
Tower (Jean de l'Espine, 1540); top level (1864) from northeast
Crypt of Ronceray Abbey (end of 11th c.)
Nave looking east with Gothic Plantagenet vault (1140-80); arcade decoration (Charles Joly-Laterme, 1864-80)
Pulpit (19th c.), south nave
Renaissance staircase (16th c.) to organ
Annecy Cathedral
Nave looking east (1535)
Choir Windows
Antibes Cathedral
Classical west front (18th c.)
Romanesque bell-tower (12th c.)
East end choir window
Antigny, Église Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame from southeast (11th c.); bell-tower (13th c.)
Chapelle Ste-Catherine, north wall murals (late 15th c.)
Apt Cathedral
Nave looking east (18th c.)
Romanesque south nave aisle & southeast end chapel (12th c.)
Marble altar (12th c.), end of southeast aisle
North nave aisle looking east (14th c.)
Chapelle de Ste-Anne cupola (1660)
Sarcophagus (4th c.)
West end window
Boiserie (18th c.) in southwest choir
Upper crypt (11th c.)
East end 'Tree of Jesse' window (late 15th c.)
Argentan, St-Martin
West front (1568-1608); bell-tower (1701)
Southeast choir exterior (1568-1608)
East end exterior (1568-1608)
North exterior (1568-1608)
North nave elevation (1568-1608)
Nave looking southwest (1568-1608)
Flamboyant north transept window (1568-1608) with modern glass
Choir (1568-1608)
'Crucifixion,' center choir window (16th c.)
'Descent from the Cross,' 3rd south choir window (16th c.)
Arles Cathedral
West front (1190), lower levels
West front portal tympanum (1190) (detail)
West front statues (1190) on left
Cloister, east gallery (12th c.)
'Crossing the Red Sea,' altar sarcophagus (4th c.), north transept
'Entombment' (16th c.)
Arles-sur-Tech, Abbey
Cloister (13th c.) & garden
West front (consecrated 1046)
Tympanum, Christ in Glory surrounded by Evangelists' symbols (11th c.)
Frescoes of Chapelle St-Michel (12th c.), right side (detail)
Romanesque nave with pointed barrel vault (1157)
1st south nave Chapelle Sts-Abdon-et-Sennan, altarpiece (Tremullas, 1647)
Relics' cabinet embedded in south nave column (12th c.)
Aubazines Abbey
West front (12th c., reconstructed 1731)
Octagonal tower (12th c.) from southeast
Nave & barrel vault (1176), looking east
North transept with monks' night-stair (1176)
Northwest transept grisaille glass (13th c.)
North choir stalls (1719)
St. Stephen of Obasine's tomb (13th c.) with canopy (late 15th-early 16th c.)
Aulnay, St-Pierre
West façade (built 1120-40 or 1140-70); buttresses (15th c.)
West front south blind arcade tympanum & archivolt with sculpted designs on undersides (12th c.)
South exterior from southeast (12th c.)
South transept portal (12th c.)
South transept portal archivolt with tiny figures on undersides (12th c.) (detail)
East end, upper levels & tower (12th c.)
'Scala salutis' with figures climbing vines, east end window (12th c.)
Exterior from northeast (12th c.)
Bell-tower (12th c.); top stage of tower (late 13th or early 14th c.)
Nave looking east (12th c.)
Capital of acrobats, north nave 2nd column (mid-12th c.)
Capital of Byzantine faces, south nave 4th column (mid-12th c.)
Capital of elephants, southwest transept (mid-12th c.)
Cupola at crossing (12th c.)
Autun Cathedral
Cathedral from the west
West front with porch (12th c.)
West front central portal (12th c.)
West front capitals, left side of central portal (Gislebertus, 1130-35)
West front 'Last Judgment' tympanum (Gislebertus, 1130-35)
East end apse, lower levels (12th c.); upper levels (15th c.)
Central tower & spire (late 15th c.) from northeast
North side chapels exterior (16th c.)
Nave looking east (1120-78)
Nave looking west (1120-78); west end arch (late 15th-early 16th c.)
Daniel in the lions' den, north nave capital (12th c.)
Tree of Jesse window (Celse Morin, 1515), 4th north nave aisle chapel
Chapter house (12th c.), capitals displayed from transept & choir
Chapter house capital, 'Flight into Egypt' (12th c.)
Chapter house capital, 'The Sleeping Magi' (12th c.)
Auxerre, St-Pierre
West front (1575-1672) from southwest
Nave vault (16th c.)
Auxonne, Notre-Dame
West front porch (Antoine le Rupt, 1516-20)
Central portal, right statues (1516-20)
South portal, left statues (1516-20)
Nave looking east (1309-60)
Eagle lecturn (1562)
Les Andelys - Petit-Andely,
St-Sauveur
West front & nave from southwest (early 14th c.)
Northeast choir & transept (c. 1210-40)
Nave looking east (early 13th-early 14th c.)
Baroque organ (Robert Ingoult, 1674) at west end
South transept window with modern glass
Anet, Royal Chapel
Royal Chapel (Philibert de l'Orme, 1548-55)
East end exterior of chapel (Philibert de l'Orme, 1548-55)
Marble floor mosaic from villas of Roman emperors
Twelve apostles in niches; bas-reliefs (Jean Goujon, 1548-55)
Cupola (Philibert de l'Orme, 1548-55)
Angers Cathedral
West front (12th c.)
West front central portal & tympanum
West front tympanum, 'Christ in Majesty' (c. 1170)
South transept rose exterior (13th c.), showing Angevin vault
Nave looking east (1140-63), with first Angevin vault (1149)
South nave aisle, 3rd bay, center tapestry
1st bay north nave clerestory (c. 1190-1210)
2nd bay north nave clerestory (c. 1190-1230)
3rd bay north nave clerestory (c. 1190-1230)
Pulpit (Abbé Choyer, 1855), north nave aisle
South nave elevation (1140-63) looking west
Organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1873); buffet with telamones (Pierre-Étienne Surugue, 1742-48)
Northwest transept clerestory, eight saints (André Robin, c. 1451-54)
North transept rose (André Robin, 15th c.), 'Christ of the Apocalypse' or 'Judgment'
North transpet rose (André Robin, 15th c.), upper panels
Northeast transept windows (15th c.)
South transept rose (André Robin, 15th c.), upper panels
Choir (1270)
1st north chancel window, 'Vie de St-Pierre' (13th c.)
Center chancel windows, 'Vie et mort de Christ'
2nd south chancel window 'Henri II Plantagenet'
Angoulême Cathedral
West front (1118-28); towers & gable (Abadie, 19th c.)
Tympanum and frieze of Roland (1118), right of west front portal
Frieze of Roland (1118) (detail)
'Christ in Glory surrounded by Evangelists' above west front window (1125-36)
Cathedral from southwest (1110-28) with north transept tower (1120s) in middle distance
Southeast choir with blind arcade (1110-28)
East end exterior; right radiating chapel (12th c.); left radiating chapel (19th c.); and north transept tower (1120s)
Nave looking east with 2nd and 3rd domed vaults (1110-28)
2nd nave dome vault (1110-28)
Organ at west end (Miocque, 1786)
Pillars of northeast transept tower (1120s)
North transept tower interior (1120s)
Anzy-le-Duc, Notre-Dame-l'Assomption
West front (12th c.)
Southwest exterior (mid-11th-beginning 12th c.)
Crypt with Tomb of St-Hugues-de-Poitiers (1000-30)
Nave looking east (beginning 12th c.)
'Musician & Siamese,' 2nd south nave column capital (11th c.)
'Samson slaying the lion,' 2nd north nave column capital (11th c.)
'Two men embracing,' 5th north nave column capital (11th c.)
Northeast choir chapel murals, right side (12th c., restored 19th c.)
East end apse vault murals (12th c., restored 19th c.)
Lintel, tympanum & capitals (1st half 12th c.), west portal of priory (now destroyed)
Lintel & tympanum (1st half 12th c.), west portal of priory (now destroyed)
Argentan, St-Germain
South nave exterior (end of 14th-end of 15th c.); northwest bell-tower (1631); & lantern tower (1555)
Southeast exterior (15th-early 17th c.)
Flamboyant bell-tower porch (15th c.)
Bell-tower (Maurice Gabriel, 1631) from south
Flamboyant nave looking east (end of 14th-end of 15th c.)
Lierne nave vault (1527-52)
Ass on north nave pillar (end of 14th-end of 15th c.)
Southeast transept reredos to St-Mansuet in Mannerist (pre-Baroque) style (1664)
Crossing lantern tower (1555) with star vault (1687)
Outer south ambulatory aisle with pendant vault (1597-1610)
South ambulatory choir wrought-iron grille (1740-42)
Axial chapel with coffered ceiling (1610)
Choir & nave (end of 14th-end of 15th c.) & vault (16th c.), looking west
Choir Baroque altarpiece (1680)
Gloire on choir Baroque altarpiece (1680)
Choir clerestory (1597-1610); glass (Léon Zack, 1970 & Irène Zack, 1991)
Choir vault (1610)
Arras Cathedral
Cloister aisle & vault (mid-18th c.)
Nave (1755-1833), looking east
South nave aisle with 19th c. statues of saints
Southeast columns at the crossing
Choir & nave, looking west from Lady Chapel
Lady Chapel cupola (Marret, 1933)
Arras, Église St-Jean-Baptiste
West front portal & gable (1565-84)
West front portal & gable (1565-84)
'Cantantibus organis' west window behind organ
Auch Cathedral
West front porches (1560-67, decorated 1672-80); two top storeys of towers (1665)
West front center porch decorated façade (1672-80)
West front center portal (1560-67)
Nave looking east (1629-61)
4th south nave aisle Chapel of the Nativity retable (Jean Douillé, 17th c.)
North nave elevation (1629-61)
Grand orgue (Jean de Joyeuse, 1688-94) at west end
South transept rose (Pierre Autipont, 1641)
Chapel 11, window #1, Adam & Eve (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)
Chapel 14, window #5, Jonah & the Sea Monster (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)
Chapel 14, window #6, Moses & the Burning Bush (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)
Chapel 15, window #8, Flight into Egypt, lower panels (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)
Chapel 16, Blessed Sacrament, axial windows #10-12 (Arnaud de Moles, 1507-13)
Chapel 17, Holy Sepulchre, 'Entombment' (c. 1500)
Choir screen (Drouet, 1671) & organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1860)
Choir stalls (1510-52), looking west
South choir stalls (1510-52)
'Adam & Eve' (1510-52), north side
Choir stall figures (1510-52)
High altar & retable (Pierre Souffron II, 1609) & chevet (1489-1548)
North choir elevation, vault & hemicycle (1489-1548)
Auxerre Cathedral
West front (2nd half 13th c.)
West front, lower levels (2nd half 13th c.)
West front, upper levels with north tower (2nd half 13th c., completed 1540s)
Chevet (completed 1234) from southeast
South transept lancets, 'The Story of Moses' (1550)
North transept rose & lancets (Michel, 1528)
East end windows (1240-50)
Auxerre, St-Eusèbe
Elevated choir (16th c.)
Chancel vault (16th c.)
Auxerre, Abbey St-Germain
St-Germain (13th-15th c.) from south; tower (12th c.)
North exterior (13th c.) from cloister
Nave (14th c.) & choir (13th c.) looking east
South transept interior (13th c.)
North transept interior (13th c.) & rose (15th c.)
Lady Chapel 10-ribbed vault (1277)
Avignon Cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms (12th-17th c.) from southwest
White marble episcopal throne (12th c.) in north choir