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

Mapping Gothic

Life of a Cathedral: Notre Dame of Amiens

Panoramas of World Architecture

Exterior, north transept with sacristy
Exterior, chevet, buttress upright (culée) in ambulatory
Exterior, historic view of chevet and flying buttress
Exterior, historic view
Exterior, upper choir and transept, north side, flying buttress
Exterior, upper choir, south side, flying buttress
Exterior, upper choir, south side, flying buttress
Exterior, upper hemicycle, north side, flying buttresses
Exterior, upper hemicycle, flying buttresses
Exterior, upper hemicycle, flying buttresses
Exterior, upper transept and choir, north side, flying buttress
Exterior, upper choir, north side, flying buttresses
Exterior, upper choir, north side, flying buttress
Exterior, upper transept and choir, south side, flying buttress
Exterior, upper choir, south side, flying buttress
Exterior, upper choir, south side, flying buttress