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

Interior, radiating chapel
Exterior, chevet, radiating chapel, window
Exterior, south transept, east side, rose
Interior, choir, central vessel, upper parts, capital D8
Interior, choir, central vessel, stained glass windows
Interior, choir, central vessel, stained glass windows
Interior, choir, central vessel, upper parts, hemicycle capitals and stained glass windows