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

Interior, south transept, east aisle looking south east
Interior, north transept, west side and first bay of the nave
Interior, north transept, crossing and chevet
Interior, south transept, east aisle looking south to facade
Interior, south transept, east aisle
Interior, south transept, east aisle
Interior, north transept
Interior, north transept looking north east
Interior, southeast crossing pier
Interior, north transept, east side pier capital
Interior, north transept pier capital
Interior, south transept/chevet aisle base
Interior, southwest crossing pier detail
Interior, southwest crossing pier base
Interior, south transept, east aisle looking south east
Interior, north transept and crossing looking north east
Interior, south transept, east aisle
Interior, south transept, east aisle
Interior, south transept, east aisle
Interior, south transept, east aisle
Interior, north transept, east side
Interior, south transept, east aisle
Interior, north transept looking north east
Interior, south transept, east aisle