French Cathedrals & Churches

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Paris, 6th Arrondissement

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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St-Germain-des-Prés

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West front porch (1607)

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'La Cêne' tympanum (c. 1145) on west portal

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Chapelle St-Symphorien (11th c.), south flank of bell tower

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West tower (990-1014); belfry (12th c.) from southwest

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West tower belfry (12th c.) from southwest

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Romanesque south nave exterior (1025-30)

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South transept window exterior (17th c.)

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Southeast exterior with earliest flying buttresses in France (1145-55)

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Romanesque nave looking east (1025-30)

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4th south nave window, Chapelle St-Maur (19th c.)

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Organ at west end (installed 1813)

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Chapelle Ste-Marguerite, southeast transept (17th c.)

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North transept window (17th c.)

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Angel head capital (12th c.), 3rd south ambulatory Chapelle Ste-Anne

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4th south ambulatory Chapelle Ste-Geneviève (13th c.) & windows (18th c. with older fragments)

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Axial Lady Chapel (Godde, 1819); frescoes (François-Joseph Heim, 1828); Virgin & Child (Louis-Marie Dupaty, 1822)

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4th north ambulatory Chapelle St-Germain (mid-12th c.); John Paul II statue

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'L'entrée à Jérusalem' (Hippolyte Flandrin, 1846), entrance of north choir

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'La montée au calvaire' (Hippolyte Flandrin, 1846), entrance of south choir

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Gothic choir (1145-55, consecrated 1163; decorated 19th c.)

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Choir east end clerestory windows (Alfred Gérente, 1821-68)

St-Ignace

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Neo-Gothic nave looking east (1855)

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Neo-Gothic nave looking west (1855)

St-Joseph-des-Carmes

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Entrance façade (1613-20, reconstructed end of 19th c.)

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2nd south nave Chapelle des Bienheureux des Martyrs-des-Carmes (17th c.)

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'Angel Musicians' (Claude Deruet, c. 1588-1660)

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The crossing dome, 'Elisha catching Elijah's mantle' Walthère Damery, 1663)

Notre-Dame-des-Champs

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Neo-Romanesque west front (Léon Ginain, 1867-76)

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Virgin & Child (Gabriel-Jules Thomas, 1825-1905), west front tympanum

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Nave looking east (1867-76)

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North nave elevation (1867-76)

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Organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1877, restored 1973 & 2004)

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North transept window (19th c.)

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Lady Chapel, south window (19th c.) (detail)

St-Sulpice

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Fountain of the Four-Bishops (Visconti, 1844) in parvis

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West front (1733-77)

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West front porch (18th c.)

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Nave looking east (1646-1745)

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Royal pew (18th c.) in north nave

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Pulpit in south nave aisle (de Wailly, 1788)

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'Jacob's struggle with the angel' (1855-61), Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), 1st south nave Chapelle des Saints Anges

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St-Jean-Baptiste (Louis-Simon Boizot, 1743-1809), 5th south nave Chapelle St-Jean-Baptiste

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Organ at west end, buffet (Chalgrin, 1781)

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Statue on organ buffet, King David playing the harp (Duret, 1781)

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The crossing looking east (18th c.)

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South transept, round St-Sulpice window (18th c.)

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Le Gnomon Astronomique obelisk (1743) in north transept

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Axial Lady Chapel (Servandoni, 1729 & de Wailly, 1774)

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St-Louis medallion (1691), 4th north ambulatory Chapelle St-Louis

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'Assomption' (François Lemoyne, 1688-1737), Lady Chapel coupole fresco

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Choir (17th c.)

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'La Résurrection du Christ' (1672), choir center window

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