French Cathedrals & Churches
Paris, 18th Arrondissement
Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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St-Bernard-de-la-Chapelle
West front (directions reversed) (Auguste-Joseph Magne, 1858-61), neo-Gothic style
West front statues, 'Christ bénissant' (Henri Parfait, 1819-73) & Virgin and Child (Michel Pascal, 1810-82)
West front, upper levels & spire (Auguste-Joseph Magne, 1858-61)
North transept & tympanum (1858-61)
Basilique Ste-Jeanne-d'Arc
West front (Georges Closson, 1930-35)
'Jeanne à l'Étendard' (Félix Charpentier, 1858-1924)
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil
West front in neo-Gothic style (1898)
Nave looking east (1898)
West end window (Mauméjean, 20th c.)
East end windows (Mauméjean, 20th c.)
Notre-Dame-de-Clignancourt
West front (Paul-Eugène Lequeux, 1859-63)
South transept, choir & bell-tower from southwest (Paul-Eugène Lequeux, 1859-63)
Choir from northeast (Paul-Eugène Lequeux, 1859-63)
Nave looking east, neo-Romanesque (Paul-Eugène Lequeux, 1859-63)
Ste-Adelaide, 2nd north nave aisle window (Charles Lorin, 1866-1940)
St-Hubert, 4th north nave aisle window (Charles Lorin, 1866-1940)
Chapelle des Morts (Louis Kratké, 1848-1921), southwest nave
St-Michel, 1st south nave aisle window (Charles Lorin, 1866-1940)
'Ste-Jeanne d'Arc and her voices,' 2nd south nave aisle window (Charles Lorin, 1866-1940)
'David' (Louis Schroeder, 1828-98), south ambulatory
'Moses' (Alfred-Adolphe Lepère, 1827-1904), north ambulatory
Axial Lady Chapel; paintings of the Life of the Virgin (Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1822-1907)
Choir (Paul-Eugène Lequeux, 1859-63); high altar (Serraz, 1961)
St-Denys-de-la-Chapelle
West front (reconstructed 1757) next to Basilique Ste-Jeanne-d'Arc
Classical west front façade (reconstructed 1757)
Nave looking east (original construction from 1204)
South nave modern window
St-Jean-de-Montmartre
West front (Baudot, 1894-1904)
Angel on right side of west front portal (Pierre Roche, 1855-1922)
Ange porte-bénitier (white marble) at southwest entrance (Guéniot, 1866-1951)
Art nouveau nave looking east (Baudot, 1894-1904)
Statue of St-Jean-l'Évangeliste (Arthur-Joseph Guéniot, 1866-1951), north nave
'Feeding of the five thousand' (Jacques Galland, 2nd north nave clerestory window)
Mosaic altar in south nave
Organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1852) at west end
High altar (Baudot), mosaics (Guraud), and bronze sculptures (Roche)
East end 'Crucifixion' (Léon Tournel, 1906)
St-Pierre-de-Montmartre
Classical west façade (1775)
Porte St-Pierre (Tommaso Gismondi, 1980)
St-Pierre-de-Montmartre (consecrated 1147), from southeast
Nave looking east (1133-47, restored Sauvageot, 1899-1905)
Romanesque capitals (12th c.), end of southeast nave aisle
Choir (12th c.) with enamel altar (Froidevaux, 1977)
Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre
Entrance with two levels (1875-1914), Paul Abadie (1812-84)
Chevet & bell-tower from northeast (1875-1914)
Central porch tympanum (Léon Fagel, 1851-1913)
Interior (1875-1914), Paul Abadie (1812-84)
'Triumph of the Sacred Heart,' right side (Luc-Olivier Merson, 1846-1920)
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