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

View on Wikidata.

See Also

View in Mapping Gothic

Beauvais, Cathédrale Saint-Pierre

Related Fieldwork Collection

Life of a Cathedral: Notre Dame of Amiens

Panoramas of World Architecture

Exterior, chevet from east
Exterior, chevet from north east
Exterior, distant view from the 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
Interior, south ambulatory and chevet vaults
Interior, chevet
Exterior, chevet from north east
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 from south
Exterior, chevet from south
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, choir, from southeast
Interior, south transept, east aisle