Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais

Beauvais Cathedral
Date
begun 1225
Work Type
Style/Period

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

  • Interior, south transept, east aisle
  • Interior, chevet, north side and south inner aisle
  • Interior, chevet
  • Interior, chevet, general view
  • Interior, chevet and north transept
  • Interior, chevet
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade and hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, main vaults
  • Interior, chevet and crossing, main vaults
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, upper parts
  • Interior, chevet, upper parts
  • Interior, chevet, general view
  • Interior, chevet and east side of transept
  • Interior, crossing, main vault looking east
  • Interior, south ambulatory and chevet vaults
  • Interior, southernmost radiating chapel, vaults, looking north
  • Interior, modified vault in north choir aisle vault