French Cathedrals & Churches
Paris, 7th Arrondissement
Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
Roll over each image for a description and click for a larger view.
Basilique Ste-Clotilde
Basilique Ste-Clotilde (1846-56), façade & spires
Northeast choir exterior (1846-56)
César Franck memorial in parvis garden (19th c.)
Neo-Gothic nave looking east (1846-56)
Organ (Cavaillé-Coll, 1859) at west end
North transept rose (Thibaut, 19th c.)
Stations of the Cross, #6
St-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou
Neo-Classical west front (Godde, 1822-26)
Nave looking east (Godde, 1822-26)
Crucifixion, east end oculus (A. Delloux, 20th c.)
St-Thomas-d’Aquin
Neo-Classical west façade (Claude Navan, 1765-69)
North nave arcade & nave vault (Pierre Bullet, 1682-1722)
North nave aisle looking east (Pierre Bullet, 1682-1722)
Organ (Clicquot, 1769) at west end
'The Assumption of the Virgin' (Didron & Anglade, 1902), north transept window
Baroque crossing dome (Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1781-1853)
East end Chapelle St-Louis (1722)
'St-Louis renders justice under the oak' (Luc-Olivier Meson, 1846-1920), painting behind altar in Chapelle St-Louis (detail)
'The Transfiguration' (François Lemoyne, 1688-1737), Chapelle St-Louis ceiling mural (1722)
St-François-Xavier
West front (1861-74)
West front rose exterior (1861-74)
Nave looking east (1861-74)
Coffered nave vault looking west (1861-74)
South transept rose window (1861-74)
Cathédrale St-Louis-des-Invalides
Hôtel des Invalides (1671-1706) from Tour Montparnasse
Dôme des Invalides (Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1677-1706)
Nave looking east (1679-1708)
Organ (Thierry, 1679-87, buffet by Pillon), at west end
Choir (1679-1708) with glass partition looking into Napoleon's Tomb
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