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
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, southeast view from rue de la Madeleine
Exterior, east view from rue des Jacobins
Exterior, chevet from the rue des Flageots
Interior, north transept, east aisle
Interior, north transept, east aisle, capital
Interior, north transept, east aisle, vaults
Interior, north transept, east aisle and north aisle of choir
Interior, south transept, east aisle, terminal bay
Interior, south transept, east aisle, terminal bay, southeast corner
Interior, south transept, east aisle, capital
Exterior, south transept facade, east aisle
Exterior, choir, from southeast
Exterior, choir, from northeast
Exterior, choir, upper parts, from northeast
Exterior, choir, lower parts, from east
Exterior, La rue de la Manufacture in November 1940, chevet
Interior, south transept, east aisle, terminal bay