French Cathedrals & Churches
Paris, 17th Arrondissement
Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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St-Charles-de-Monceau
Façade (Christian Labouret, 1908-12)
Neo-Romanesque nave looking east (1908-12)
2nd north nave clerestory (Fernand Rosey, early 20th c.), in 13th c. style
Nave looking west & south elevation (1908-12)
Neo-Romanesque choir with seven columns (1908-12)
St-François-de-Sales 'Ancienne'
West front (1873)
Neo-Romanesque nave (1873)
North nave elevation (1873)
Decorative northeast nave window
Chapel of the Virgin (19th c.)
Chapel of the Sacré-Coeur (19th c.)
Choir windows (Chabin, late 19th c.)
St-Joseph-des-Épinettes
Romanesque Revival church façade (Thomas 1909-10)
Nave & dome looking east (1909-10)
Organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1898); buffet (18th c.)
Ste-Marie-des-Batignolles
West front with porch (Auguste Molinos, 1826-29)
Nave looking east (Auguste Molinos, 1826-29)
Organ (Mutin, 1923) at west end
North transept window (19th c.)
Crossing vault (Paul-Eugène Lequeux, 1839-51)
Choir (Paul-Eugène Lequeux, 1839-51)
High altar & Assumption of the Virgin (19th c.)
Notre-Dame-de-la-Compassion/
Chapelle Royale St-Ferdinand
Chapel entrance (Lefranc, 1842)
Chapel exterior, right side (Lefranc, 1842)
Chapel interior (Lefranc, 1842)
'La Charité' (Ingres, glass by Sèvres, 1842)
Piétà (Henri-Joseph de Triquetti, 1804-74)
St-Ferdinand window (Ingres, glass by Sèvres, 1842)
St-Ferdinand-des-Terres
Façade (Théodon, Bertrand & Durand, completed 1957)
Façade sculptures of St-Ferdinand & Ste-Thérèse (Georges Muguet, 1903-88)
Neo-Romanesque-Byzantine nave (completed 1957)
Organ (Pascal Quoirin, 1994-95)
South transept fresco of sacraments (Helène & Roger Bezombes)
King Ferdinand III (1198-1252) monument
'Christ in Majesty' in a mandorla (Madeleine Diener, 1930-2000)
St-François-de-Sales 'Nouvelle'
Façade porch (1911) with mosaics (Louis- Édouard Tournier, 1857-1913)
Neo-Romanesque nave looking east (Ewald, 1911)
Neo-Romanesque nave vault (Ewald, 1911)
South nave elevation (Ewald, 1911)
1st north nave aisle floral window (Jacques Gallard & Damon, 20th c.)
'St-François-de-Sales visits the Sisters of the Visitation beside Lake Annecy' (Frédéric Montenard, 1849-1926), mural in southeast nave chapel
'The Nativity' (Frédéric Montenard, 1849-1926), mural in northeast nave chapel
Organ (Mutin, 1920; rebuilt by Maciet, 1982); windows (Mauméjean, 20th c.)
Neo-Romanesque choir (Ewald, 1911)
St-Michel-des-Batignolles
West front (Bernard Haubold, 1913-34)
St-Michel & the dragon (20th c.)
Campanile on south side (Bernard Haubold, 1913-34)
'The archangel Michel slaying the dragon' (Emmanuel Frémier, 1824-1910), top of campanile
Neo-Romanesque-Byzantine nave looking east (Bernard Haubold, 1913-34)
South nave elevation looking west (1913-34)
'The angel paints for the sleeping Fra Angelico' (Georges Chicotot, 19th c.)
Nave looking west (Haubold, 1913-34)
Chapelle St-Michel, end of northeast aisle (1913-34)
Choir (1913-34) with fresco of Christ & Apostles (Malespinat)
Ste-Odile
Neo-Byzantine west front & tower (Jacques Barge, 1935-46)
West front portal (1935-46)
Neo-Byzantine nave looking east (Jacques Barge, 1935-46)
1st south nave Archangel St-Michel window (François Décorchemont, 1935-38)
2nd south nave Ste-Odile window (François Décorchemont, 1935-38)
3rd south nave Archangel St-Raphael window (François Décorchemont, 1935-38)
Choir 'peacock' altar (Auguste Labouret) & enamel of 24 elders of the Apocalypse (Robert Barriot, 1953)
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