French Cathedrals & Churches

St-Papoul - Sylvanès

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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St-Papoul Cathedral

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West front & south exterior (12th c.) & cloister wall from southwest

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Southeast end choir with Master of Cabestany capitals (2nd half 12th c.)

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East end capital, 'Daniel in the Lions' Den' (Master of Cabestany, 2nd half 12th c.)

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Cloister (early 14th c.)

St-Paul-lès-Dax, Église

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Chevet with exterior frieze (11th c.) from northeast

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Fantastic beasts, frieze (11th c.)

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Attached birds capital (11th c.)

St-Pierre-le-Moûtier, St-Pierre

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Southeast exterior nave, transept & choir (12th c.); side chapels (late 15th-16th c.); and modern bell-tower

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South nave arcade (2nd quarter 12th c.); north nave arcade (13th c.) with barrel vault, looking east

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South nave capital, east side, Musicians (2nd quarter 12th c.)

St-Pol-de-Léon, Kreisker Chapel

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Kreisker Chapel

St-Quentin, Basilique

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South side exterior

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Chevet (13th c.) from southeast

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East end triple buttresses

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North petit transept rose exterior

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Nave (13th c.) (111' high), looking east

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2nd south nave Chapelle Ste-Madeleine et Ste-Marthe, murals (15th-16th c.)

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Maze in west end of nave (1495)

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Star vault of crossing of grand transept (13th c.)

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Organ (Bérain, 1703), at west end

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North grand transept windows (14th c.)

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North grand transept rose (14th c.) (closeup)

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Right upper panels 7-10 (16th c.), north petit transept

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Music on wall of south choir

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North ambulatory chapels

St-Saulge, Église

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Crucifixion (16th c.)

St-Savin, Abbey-church

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East end (1140-60), from northwest

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Octagonal crossing

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Renaissance organ (1557) with 16th & 18th c. decorations

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Angel musicians in high altar canopy (14th c.)

St-Savin-sur-Gartempe,
Abbey-church

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Abbey-church (late 11th c.) with tower & spire (14th-15th c.) from northeast

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Tower (14th-15th c.) from northeast

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Apocalypse murals (c. 1100), porch

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Nave looking east (c. 1080)

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Nave vault looking west (c. 1100)

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North nave aisle looking west (c.1080, repainted 19th c.)

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Grisaille window in north transept

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Staircase to crypt in apse off north ambulatory

St-Wandrille, Abbey ruins

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Ruins of north transept & choir from southeast (1248-1342)

Strasbourg Cathedral

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West front, middle levels (1277-c. 1340)

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West front, vertical view (1277-1399)

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Northwest portal, right side, Virtues trampling on Vices (c. 1280-90)

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West front center portal tympanum, Passion (1277-c. 1290)

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South transept portals (c. 1220-35)

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Nave looking east (c. 1245-c. 1275)

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Organ (1385, 1489, & 1716) on north nave wall

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South nave aisle, 2nd bay window, Coronation of the Virgin & Life of Christ (13th & 14th c.)

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Chapelle Ste-Catherine (c. 1340)

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The pulpit (Hans Hammer, 1484-86)

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West end rose (2nd quarter, 14th c.)

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Doomsday Pillar (1225), angels sounding the trumpet

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Southeast transept, right lancets, Warring Saints (last third, 12th c.)

St-Parize-le-Châtel, St-Patrice

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Crypt with capitals (12th c.)

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Capital with hoop acrobat flanked by a perched owl (12th c.)

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Capital of Sagittarius hunting a deer (12th c.)

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Choir with oven vault (12th c.)

St-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
Cathedral

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West front columns, portal & tympanum (12th c.)

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Choir oven vault with flat ribbing (12th c.)

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Jerusalem mosaic on chevet floor (12th c.)

St-Pol-de-Léon Cathedral

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West front towers & steeples

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South transept rose window (15th c.)

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The crossing

St-Pons-de-Thomières Cathedral

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West front central arch and tympanum (late 11th c.-12th c.)

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Fortified south nave exterior (12th c., altered 1450 and 1716)

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Window with lion ensign in nave

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Choir (18th c.)

St-Restitut, Église

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Southeast exterior (12th c.)

St-Riquier, Abbey-church

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Center portal 'Tree of Jesse' tympanum (15th-16th c.)

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Tierceron vault in nave (15th-16th c.)

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South nave aisle vault (15th-16th c.)

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Renaissance organ at west end

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Lady Chapel star vault (15th-16th c.), looking north

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Wrought-iron grille (17th c.), entrance to choir

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Eagle lutrin (17th c.) in choir

St-Romain-de-Lerps, Chapel

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Chapel (with bikes) at summit (649 m.)

St-Saturnin

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Romanesque belfry (2nd quarter 12th c.) from south

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Chevet upper levels (2nd quarter 12th c.)

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Capital & animal face on northeast chapel exterior (12th c.)

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Strap-hinges on west portal (12th c.) (detail)

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North nave elevation & groin vaulting in north aisle (2nd quarter 12th c.)

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Crossing vault, looking north (2nd quarter 12th c.)

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Piétà (end of 15th c.) in crypt

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Head of Christ (end of 15th c.) in crypt

St-Sever, Abbey

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North cloister gallery (13th c.)

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East end (restored 17th c.) & northeast tower (12th c.)

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North nave portal & tympanum (12th c.)

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John the Baptist capital (12th c.)

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Nave looking west with Romanesque barrel vault (12th c.)

St-Thégonnec, Parish Close

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Parish Close (16th-17th c.) from south

St-Thibault

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Exterior from north (13th c.)

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North transept portal (13th c.)

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Choir triforium & clerestory (13th c.)

Surgères, Notre-Dame

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West façade (late 11th c.), view of 7 arcades from southwest

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West façade (late 11th c.), 2nd level, center arcade with sculptures

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Bell-tower (c. 1100) from southwest

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Crypt beneath choir (late 11th c.) with paintings on vault (16th c.)

Sylvanès Abbey

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East end exterior (1151-1252) from northeast

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Ironwork (late 12th c.) on southeast window

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Cistercian abbey interior with tunnel vault and transverse ribs (1151-1252), looking east

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Scriptorium (12th c.)

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