French Cathedrals & Churches

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Paris, 4th Arrondissement

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Église des Billettes

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Classical west front (Claude Navan, 1758)

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Cloister (1427), oldest extant cloister in Paris

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Cloister, north gallery (1427)

St-Louis-en-l’Île

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Nave & Choir (1664-1726)

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Organ (Aubertin, 2005)

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Organ (Aubertin, 2005), detail

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Dome at crossing (17th c.)

Temple de Sainte-Marie

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Exterior (François Mansart, 1632-34)

St-Mérri

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Northwest turret & belfry (1510-52), containing oldest bell in Paris (1331)

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North choir exterior (1552)

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Flamboyant nave, looking east (1500-20)

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Angel musician, 2nd north nave window (1902) (detail)

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Pulpit (Slodtz, 1753), in north nave aisle

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North transept window (16th c.)

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Flamboyant lierne vault at crossing (16th c.)

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'Gloire' above altar (Slodtz, 1753) & choir windows (Lavergne, 19th c.)

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Center chancel 'Trinity' window (Lavergne, 19th c.)

Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Paris

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Paris (1963)

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West front (1190-1220) & parvis

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South exterior (12th-13th c.)

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Southwest side, exterior

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South transept rose exterior (13th c.)

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East end from Pont de la Tournelle

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North nave elevation looking east (1180-1200)

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Nave sexpartite vault looking east (1180-1200)

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West rose (1215-20)

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South transept rose (13th c.)

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North transept rose (c. 1255)

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Chapelle St-Guillaume, medallion (1225-1230), south ambulatory

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Northeast transept & north choir elevation (1163-82)

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Chapelle du St-Sacrement, windows (19th c.), south ambulatory

St-Gervais-St-Protais

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West front façade (Clément Métezeau, 1616-21)

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West front (Clément Métezeau, 1616-21)

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Nave looking east (c. 1600-20)

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Flamboyant crossing & choir vault (1494-1578)

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St-Nicolas & Ste-Catherine (1620), 4th south nave aisle chapel window

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Various scenes, lower panels (late 16th c.); middle & upper panels (1st quarter 17th c.), 2nd south clerestory window

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'Baptism of Jesus' (1625), 1st north nave aisle baptismal chapel, right window

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'Donation of an Abbey to the Carms by St-Louis & Voyage to Mount Carmel' (c. 1610-20), 2nd north clerestory window

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Organ gallery (1628); buffet (Thierré, 1759), reconstructed (Cliquot, 1768); owned by Couperin family of organists (1656-1826)

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'The Resurrection' (late 16th-early 17th c.), southeast transept window

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Passion retable, Noël Bellemare (c. 1495-1546) and his workshop, northwest transept

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John the Baptist, 2nd south ambulatory chapel

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'Judgment of Solomon' (Jean Chastellain, 1531), 2nd south ambulatory chapel

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3rd south ambulatory chapel window (Sylvie Gaudin, 2nd half 20th c.)

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Lady Chapel windows (Jean Chastellain, 1517)

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Lady Chapel vault (1517)

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'Descent from the cross' (Edme-Étienne Gois, 1765-1836), northeast ambulatory chapel

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Choir (1494-1578)

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'Dormition of the Virgin' in front of high altar

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'Healing of the Paralytic' (Jean Cousin, c. 1610-20), 2nd north chevet window

Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux

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West front, Neo-Classical upper level (1704) (reconstructed by Baltard, 1863)

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Nave looking east (1685-90)

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Nave vault (1685-90)

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Pulpit (Bavarian, 1749), in south nave

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Organ tribune (17th c.) (detail)

St-Paul-St-Louis

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Façade (François Derand, 1627-41)

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Front portal (Étienne Martellange, 1627-41)

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Façade portal (Étienne Martellange) & Corinthian columns (François Derand) (1627-41)

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East end exterior (François Derand, 1627-41) (actually facing south)

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Nave looking east (1627-41)

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North nave elevation (1627-41)

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Pulpit (Joseph Romagnesi, 19th c.) in north nave

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1st south nave baptistry chapel, 'Le baptême du Christ' (Théodore Carulle d'Aligny, 1798-1871)

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Nave looking west (1627-41)

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Organ (Martin, 1871; Gonzalez, 1972; Dargassies, 2005)

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Lady Chapel, south transept (1627-41)

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South transept, left window (17th c.)

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Southeast transept (1627-41)

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Crossing dome (François Derand, 1627-41)

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Crossing altar with 'Pèlerins d'Emmaüs' (François Anguier, 1604-69), bas-relief in gilded bronze

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'La Vierge de la douleur' (Germain Pilon, 1586), Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, north choir chapel

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Choir (1627-41) with 4 Evangelists (Henri Decaisne, 1799-1852)

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Choir vault with 'Père éternel' on keystone (1627-41)

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