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.

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See Also
View in Mapping Gothic
  • Interior, north transept, west side and first bay of the nave
  • Exterior, chevet from north east
  • Exterior, distant view from the north east
  • Interior, chevet, inner aisle north side, looking west
  • Interior, ambulatory, north side and radiating chapels
  • Interior, north transept
  • Interior, north transept looking north east
  • Interior, chevet
  • Exterior, north transept facade
  • Exterior, north transept facade
  • Exterior, north transept facade
  • Exterior, north transept with sacristy
  • Exterior, north transept with sacristy
  • Exterior, upper choir and transept, north side, flying buttress
  • Exterior, upper hemicycle, north side, flying buttresses
  • Interior, north transept, east side
  • Interior, north transept, vault of chapel
  • Interior, north transept, east aisle
  • Interior, north transept, base of pier
  • Interior, north transept, base of pier
  • Interior, north transept, east aisle, terminal bay
  • Interior, north transept, east aisle, terminal bay
  • Interior, north transept, east aisle, capital
  • Interior, north transept, east aisle, vaults
  • Interior, north transept, east aisle, triforium and clerestory
  • Interior, north transept, east aisle and north aisle of choir
  • Interior, north transept, east aisle, capital
  • Interior, north choir aisles, outer aisle, general view to the east
  • Interior, north choir aisles, outer aisle, general view to the east
  • Interior, north choir aisles, inner aisle, general view to the east
  • Interior, north choir aisles, inner aisle, general view to the west
  • Interior, north choir aisles, outer aisle
  • Interior, north choir aisles, outer aisle
  • Interior, north choir aisles, outer aisle, division
  • Interior, north choir aisles, outer aisle, capital
  • Interior, north choir aisles, outer aisle, "window"
  • Interior, choir central vessel and north transept
  • Interior, choir central vessel, north side
  • Exterior, choir, north side, sacristy/treasury complex
  • Exterior, north side of choir, buttress at base of hemicycle
  • Exterior choir, north side, buttress from northeast
  • Exterior, upper transept and choir, north side, flying buttress
  • Exterior, upper choir, north side, flying buttresses
  • Exterior, upper choir, north side, flying buttress
  • Exterior, north transept portal
  • Exterior, north transept facade, east aisle
  • Exterior, north transept facade, east aisle, detail of lower window
  • Exterior, choir, from northeast
  • Exterior, choir, upper parts, from northeast
  • Exterior, general view from north
  • Exterior, north transept portal
  • Interior, north transept and crossing looking north east
  • Interior, chevet, north side and north transept, east side
  • Interior, chevet, north side
  • Interior, chevet, north side and south inner aisle
  • Interior, chevet, north side
  • Interior, north transept, east side
  • Interior, north transept looking north east
  • Interior, chevet and north transept
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade
  • Interior, chevet, north aisles
  • Interior, chevet and east side of transept
  • Interior, crossing, main vault looking east
  • Interior, chevet and north transept