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, transept from south west
Exterior, south transept, east side, rose
Exterior, south transept, east side, "triforium" passage
Exterior, transept from south west
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, south transept, east aisle
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