Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais

Beauvais Cathedral

Date

begun 1225

Work Type

Style/Period

Notes

The church has the highest Gothic choir in the world. However, suffering two collapses – one in the 13th century and the other in the 16th – it remains unfinished today as works halted in 1600.

References

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Exterior, nave (Basse Oeuvre c. 1000) south side
Exterior, nave (Basse Oeuvre c.1000) south side
Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, north transept with sacristy
Exterior, west side of the north transept and cloister
Exterior, south transept, east side, rose
Exterior, south transept, east side, "triforium" passage
Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, chevet, buttress upright (culée) in ambulatory
Exterior, chevet, radiating chapel, window
Exterior, chevet clerestory window south side
Exterior, chevet clerestory window, south side
Exterior, chevet, radiating chapel window, south