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

  • Exterior, distant view from the north east
  • 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, north transept facade
  • Exterior, north transept facade
  • Exterior, north transept facade
  • Exterior, north transept with sacristy
  • 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 from east
  • Exterior, chevet from north east
  • Exterior, chevet from north east
  • Exterior, chevet from north east
  • Exterior, east chevet elevation
  • Exterior, chevet from east
  • Exterior, chevet from south east
  • Exterior, chevet from south
  • Exterior, east chevet elevation
  • Exterior, chevet from east
  • Exterior, chevet from north east
  • Exterior, chevet from north east
  • Exterior, chevet from south east
  • Exterior, chevet from south
  • Exterior, chevet from south
  • Exterior, chevet from south
  • Exterior, chevet from south
  • Exterior, chevet from south
  • Exterior, chevet clerestory window south side
  • Exterior, chevet clerestory window, south side
  • Exterior, chevet, radiating chapel window, south
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle looking south east
  • Interior, north transept, west side and first bay of the nave
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle
  • Interior, north transept
  • Interior, north transept looking north east
  • Interior, chevet, inner aisle north side, looking west
  • Interior, ambulatory, north side and radiating chapels
  • Interior, southernmost radiating chapel, vaults, looking north
  • Interior, south ambulatory and upper chevet
  • Interior, south ambulatory looking into chevet
  • Interior, south ambulatory and radiating chapels
  • Interior, south ambulatory and radiating chapels
  • Interior, south ambulatory
  • Interior, south ambulatory
  • Interior, south ambulatory aisle
  • Interior, chevet