French Cathedrals & Churches

Cabestany - Cavaillon

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Cabestany, Notre-Dame-des-Anges

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Tympanum (Master of Cabestany, c. 1170)

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Tympanum (Master of Cabestany, c. 1170), Christ resurrecting the Virgin, with John, Peter & six angel heads (detail)

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Tympanum (Master of Cabestany, c. 1170), Christ's head (detail)

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Tympanum (Master of Cabestany, c. 1170), Assumption of the Virgin in mandorla with two censing angels above (detail)

Caen, Abbaye aux Hommes
(St-Étienne)

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West front (c. 1096)

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West towers (11th c.) & spires (13th c.) from northeast

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East end and Esplanade Louvel Gardens

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Southeast exterior (13th c.) & dependencies (1704-24)

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East end (13th c.) with spires

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North nave elevation looking east (11th c.)

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North nave clerestory, bays 3 & 4 (11th c.)

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Organ (1747)

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North transept (11th c.) & clock (1743)

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Lantern vault (11th c., rebuilt early 17th c.)

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Gothic chevet hemicycle (13th c.)

Caen, St-Jean

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Lantern tower (16th c., unfinished) from southeast

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Lantern tower vault (16th c.)

Cahors Cathedral

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West front (1280-1324) from southwest

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Flower beds behind east end

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Domes & south side of nave

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South door (c. 1130)

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North door tympanum (c. 1140-50)

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Angel with chevet windows

Cambrai Cathedral

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West front & tower (18th-19th c.), upper levels

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Fénelon's tomb (David d'Angers, 1824), apsidal chapel

Cambrai, Chapelle du
Grand Séminaire

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Chapelle du Grand Séminaire (1692), upper levels

Cambrai, Église St-Géry

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Choir stall panels (1740), north side

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Rood screen (Marsy, 1632) & organ at west end

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'Annunciation,' northwest transept window

Carcassonne, St-Michel Cathedral

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West front (closeup) (14th c.)

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West rose window (14th c.)

Carcassonne, Basilique St-Nazaire

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South transept exterior (14th c.) & west front crenellations

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Southeast transept & chevet (c. 1300)

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Right window in south nave Gothic 'Sacred Heart' chapel (14th c.)

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Left window (detail) in north nave Gothic chapel St-Pierre (14th c.)

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North transept rose (late 13th c.)

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South transept rose (14th c.)

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'Tree of Jesse' window, middle panes

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Chevet windows (14th & 16th c.)

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'Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple' (16th c.)

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'Arbre de Vie' window, Holy Cross Chapel

Caudebec-en-Caux, Notre-Dame

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Flamboyant west front, upper levels (1425-1539)

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South tower, upper levels & rebuilt octagonal spire with triple tiara (1425-1539)

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South tower & choir from southeast (1425-1539)

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North nave elevation looking east (1425-1539)

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'La Cène,' southwest aisle window, middle panels (16th c.)

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Organ (1559) at west end

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West rose (after 1523)

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Entombment figures (16th & 17th c.), Chapelle du St-Sépulcre

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Windows (Weiss-Gruber, 1950), Chapelle du St-Sépulcre

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Lady Chapel pendant vault (15th c.)

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Choir (1425-1539)

Caen, Abbaye aux Dames
(La Trinité)

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West front (mid-11th c., restored 1850s); spires replaced by heavy balustrades (18th c.)

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East end from southeast (1062-1130)

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Chevet exterior (mid-11th c.)

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Convent escalier (18th c.)

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North nave elevation looking east (1062-1130)

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North nave compound columns & capitals above triforium at the springing of the vault, pilier fort (1130)

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North nave & northwest transept elevation (1062-1130)

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Groin vault of south nave aisle looking west (1110)

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South transept (1062-1130)

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Gothic chapel (13th c.) in southeast transept

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Southeast transept elevation (1062-1130) with Gothic chapel (13th c.) below

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North transept (1062-1130)

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North transept vault (1062-1130)

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Choir (1062-1130); apse fresco, 'Assomption' (early 18th c.); glass (1960)

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Choir capital of fantastic animals (12th c.)

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Choir capital of elephant (12th c.)

Caen, Église St-Pierre

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Flamboyant west front and 13th c. tower

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Southeast exterior (13th-16th c.)

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East end exterior (1520-45) from northeast

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Northeast chapel balustrade exterior (1520-45)

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Looking west from axial chapel showing vault transition (14th & 16th c.)

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West end rose (tracery mid-14th c.; glass 20th c.)

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Back of pulpit (19th c. Neo-Gothic in 15th c. style) in south nave aisle

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2nd south nave aisle window (tracery 14th c.; glass 20th c.)

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'A lion is tamed by Samson,' 3rd north nave capital (14th c.)

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Pendant vault (16th c.), 1st south ambulatory chapel

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Flamboyant pendant vault (16th c.), 2nd south ambulatory Lady Chapel

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Vault in axial Chapelle du St-Sacrement (16th c.)

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Choir triforium (16th c.)

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Angel on north side of high altar (Largillière, 18th c.)

Candes-St-Martin, Collégiale

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West façade, upper levels (13th c.)

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North porch (13th c.), machiolated towers (15th c.)

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North porch entrance with central pillar, vault & Portail Royal (13th c.)

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South nave compound piers (1st half 13th c.), looking northwest

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Column clusters & sculpture (1st half 13th c.), end of northeast nave aisle

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'St-Martin & the Beggar,' 1st rondel, left choir window (Gaudin, 1900)

Carpentras Cathedral

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Baroque west front (early 17th c.)

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Flamboyant south nave porch

Castres Cathedral

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South side exterior (1678-1718)

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Interior looking east (17th-18th c.)

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Choir vault (18th c.)

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Choir stalls (18th c.), south chancel

Cavaillon Cathedral

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Romanesque cloister (early 13th c.)

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Chapelle de César de Bus, gilded paneling (17th c.)

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North choir stalls with floral paintings (16th c.)

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Organ in north choir (Royer, 1654)

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