French Cathedrals & Churches

Pamiers - Le Puy

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

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Cathédrale St-Antonin (14th-17th c.), west front

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Octagonal tower (14th c.)

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Top of octagonal tower (14th c.)

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Fortified base of tower (late 17th c.), from north

Parnay, Église

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West front, part-Romanesque church (11th c.)

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Romanesque tower (11th c.)

Parthenay, Ste-Croix

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East end (late 11th-12th c.) & bell-tower (1457)

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

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Choir (late 12th c.)

Parthenay, Notre-Dame-de-la-Couldre

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West front of castle chapel (12th c.)

Parthenay-le-Vieux, St-Pierre

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West façade (1092-1120)

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'Hunter on horse,' west façade, left side (12th c.)

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Southwest exterior (1092-1120)

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East end exterior (1092-1120)

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Romanesque cloister arch (12th c.)

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Nave looking east (1092-1120)

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North nave aisle half-barrel vault (1092-1120)

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South nave elevation looking west (1092-1120)

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Splayed south nave aisle looking west (1092-1120)

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Choir (1092-1120)

Perpignan, Église St-Jacques

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Chapelle de la Sanch (1742)

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'The Battle of Clavijo,' south nave window (1897)

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South nave chapel (newly-restored)

Perrecy-les-Forges, St-Pierre-et-St-Benoît

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Romanesque priory church (11th-12th c.) from northwest

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Northeast exterior with Gothic choir (1487-91)

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Round turret (11th c.), narthex (c. 1125) & bell-tower (c. 1140) from north

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North entrance to narthex (c. 1125)

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Elephant capital (1120-25) in narthex

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Narthex portal (c. 1125) from north

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Mermaid capital (1120-25) in narthex

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Narthex portal with capitals, lintel & tympanum (c. 1125)

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Narthex portal capitals, right side (c. 1125)

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Narthex portal with strap-hinges (c. 1125)

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Nave looking east (c. 1020-30); vault restored (c. 1840)

Pierrefonds, Église St-Sulpice

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West front (11th-14th c.); tower (1552)

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East end (11th-14th c.); tower (1552)

Poitiers Cathedral

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North tower and west front (13th c.)

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West front (13th c.)

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West front rose exterior (13th c.)

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Central portal tympanum (13th c.)

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North nave elevation, 1st bay (13th c.)

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West rose behind organ

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

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King David on archivolt

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South transept right window

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North nave windows (13th c.)

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Crucifixion window (1158-61)

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East end north chancel St-Laurent window (12th c.)

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East end south chancel St-Pierre window (12th c.)

Poitiers, St-Porchaire

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Renaissance doorway; tower (late 11th c.)

Poitiers, Ste-Radegonde

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Tower with octagonal top storey (begun c. 1100) & Flamboyant Gothic portal (15th c.)

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Flamboyant west portal & tympanum (15th c.)

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Angevin nave vault (13th c.)

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South nave clerestory, 1st bay (late 13th c.)

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North nave clerestory, 2nd bay (late 13th c.), lower left panels

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North nave clerestory, 4th bay (late 13th-early 14th c.)

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North nave coursière, 4th bay, figure playing instrument (13th c.)

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Organ from crypt stairs

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Stone railings of choir from north ambulatory

Pons, St-Vivien

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West façade (12th c.)

Pontigny Abbey

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Abbey (1150-70) from south

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Nave & early ribbed vault looking east (1150-70), with choir screen (late 17th c.)

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Choir (late 12th c.)

Prades, St-Pierre

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Romanesque bell-tower from southwest

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North nave elevation with side chapels (17th c.)

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Choir retable, 'Life of St-Pierre' (Sunyer, 1696-99)

Provins, Collégiale St-Quiriace

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Collégiale St-Quiriace from south (12th & 17th c.)

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Choir & transepts, looking east (12th c.)

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Northeast transept triforium (end of 12th c.)

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Dome (1665) at the crossing

Le Puy Cathedral

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Cathedral complex from north

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West front and staircase (12th c.)

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West front at night, Le Puy Cathedral

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Cloister, south gallery with cornice illustrating a medieval bestiary & north side of nave

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Nave domes

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Choir and high altar

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Modern altar at crossing

Paray-le-Monial,
Basilique du Sacré-Coeur

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Basilique du Sacré-Coeur

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Basilique (c. 1080-c. 1130) from northwest

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West façade, north tower (c. 1120-30) & south tower (end of 11th c.)

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Narthex (c. 1080-90)

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Narthex capitals (late 11th c.)

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Chevet (1092-1109) & Gothic chapel (c. 1470) from southeast

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Chevet (1092-1109) from southeast (detail)

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Northeast exterior (1092-1109)

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North transept portal (1092-1109) (detail)

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Nave looking east (begun c. 1120)

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West end nave (begun c. 1120) & windows (20th c.)

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Choir (1092-1109)

Périgueux Cathedral

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East end exterior (12th-13th c.)

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Nave looking east & central dome

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Retable (17th c.)

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David window

Périgueux, St-Étienne-de-la-Cité

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Scarred west front (12th & 17th c.)

Perpignan Cathedral

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West front porch (17th c.)

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'Campo Santo,' cemetery-cloister (early 14th c.) & south exterior

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North nave exterior, northeast tower (14th-15th c.) & Romanesque doorway

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Nave looking east (14th-15th c.)

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North nave elevation with 7 bays (14th-15th c.)

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6th north nave chapel retable (1666), bay 7

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South transept Chapelle-du-Sacrement (2nd half 18th c.)

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Southeast transept chapel retable (end of 15th c.); Virgin (19th c.)

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Choir high altar (Claude Perret, 1619)

Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps, St-Pierre

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West façade (13th c.)

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West front portal (13th c.)

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West front window, upper level (13th c.)

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South exterior (13th c.)

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East end apse (13th c.)

Petit-Quevilly, Chapelle St-Julien

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'March of the Three Kings' (2nd half 12th c.)

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'Visit of the Three Kings to Herod' (2nd half 12th c.)

Pierrefonds, Château chapel

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Vaulted gallery above apse

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West end rose window

Pleyben, Parish Close

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Calvary & church towers (15th-17th c.)

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Towers from west

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Sacristy from southeast

Poitiers, St-Germain

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Southeast exterior (11th c.); tower & apse (12th c.); choir (15th c.)

Poitiers, St-Hilaire-le-Grand

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Chevet (11th-12th c.) from southeast

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Nave (11th c.) looking east

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Nave, south side, from choir

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Organ at west end

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Trinity statue

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St-Louis, 2nd south chancel window

Poitiers, St-Jean-de-Montierneuf

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Chevet (late 11th c.) from northeast

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West front portal & gable (17th c.)

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Axial Lady Chapel window (20th c.)

Poitiers, Notre-Dame-la-Grande

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View from southwest with two porches & central bell tower

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Central bell tower (12th c.), from south

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West front (12th c.)

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West front gable (12th c.)

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Seated statues on north side of west front (12th c.)

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Entombment (16th c.), south ambulatory chapel

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Missal in south ambulatory

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St-Louis window, center panels (detail)

Pommiers, St-Pierre-et-St-Paul

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Northeast end of priory (11th c.)

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Nave from northwest (11th c.)

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Nave looking east (11th c., enlarged 12th c.)

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Murals (1500), northeast choir chapel, left side

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'Nativity' mural (1500), northeast choir chapel, right side

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Choir (11th c.)

Pontoise Cathedral

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West front (15th-16th c.)

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Flamboyant west front rose & gable (15th c.)

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Chevet from southeast (12th & 16th c.)

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Nave looking east (16th c.)

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South nave elevation (16th c.)

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'The vow of St-Louis' (late 19th c.), 3rd south nave aisle chapel

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'Crucifixion' window (1545), northwest chapel

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3rd column capital, north nave double aisle (16th c.)

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West rose window (tracery 15th c., glass modern)

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Lierne vault at crossing (16th c.)

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Capitals (12th c.) in south ambulatory

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East end ambulatory vault (12th c.)

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Boiserie & stalls in south choir (1653)

Le Puy, St-Michel-d'Aiguilhe

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Front façade (10th-12th c.)

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