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
  • Exterior, upper transept and choir, south side, flying buttress
  • Exterior, upper choir, south side, flying buttress
  • Exterior, upper choir, south side, flying buttress
  • Exterior, general view from the west with basse-œuvre in foreground
  • Exterior, choir, from southeast
  • Exterior, choir, from south
  • Exterior, transept and choir, lower parts, from south
  • Exterior, transept and choir, upper parts, from south
  • Exterior, basse-œuvre, south side, Gothic portal
  • 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, choir, lower parts, from east
  • Exterior, general view from north
  • Exterior, south view from October 1940
  • Exterior, La rue de la Manufacture in November 1940, chevet
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle, terminal bay
  • Bases of intermediary uprights of flying buttresses of hemicycle seen under the chapel roofs
  • Exterior: South Portal
  • Exterior: Side Entrance
  • Exterior: South Portal
  • Exterior, north transept portal
  • Floorplan
  • Pier sections
  • Section of ambulatory pier (between radiating chapels)
  • Section of hemicycle pier
  • Section of pilier cantonné (transept)
  • Section of pier from the main arcade of the choir
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle looking south east
  • Interior, north transept and crossing looking north east
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle
  • Interior, chevet, north side and north transept, east side
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle
  • Interior, chevet, north side
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle
  • Interior, chevet, north side and south inner aisle
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle
  • Interior, chevet, north side
  • Interior, north transept, east side
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle
  • Interior, chevet
  • Interior, north transept looking north east
  • Interior, chevet, general view
  • Interior, chevet and south transept
  • Interior, chevet and north transept
  • Interior, chevet
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade and hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade and hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade and hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle arcade
  • Interior, chevet, north aisles
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, main vaults
  • Interior, chevet and crossing, main vaults
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, upper parts
  • Interior, chevet, upper parts
  • Interior, chevet, south arcade looking south east
  • Interior, chevet, general view
  • Interior, chevet and east side of transept
  • Interior, crossing, main vault looking east
  • Interior, chevet and south transept
  • Interior, chevet and north transept
  • Interior, chevet, north side and south transept
  • Exterior, transept from south west
  • Exterior, episcopal palace, main gate
  • Exterior, transept from south west
  • Exterior, episcopal palace
  • Exterior, episcopal palace
  • Exterior, episcopal palace atop Roman wall
  • Exterior, transept from south west
  • Interior, south transept, east aisle
  • Interior, chevet
  • Interior: axial chapel and ambulatory
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between N1-N2
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, outside edge between N1-N2
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between N1-S1
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between N3-N4
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between S1-S2
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between S3-S4
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between S4-S5
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between S5-S6
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between S6-S7
  • Interior: ambulatory and chevet from east triforium level
  • Interior: ambulatory and chevet from north triforium level
  • Interior: north transept from triforium level
  • Interior: south ambulatory
  • Interior: south transept, east aisle
  • Exterior: ambulatory roof terrace, between N4-N5
  • Exterior: south transept, elevation
  • Exterior: south transept, elevation
  • Exterior: south transept, elevation
  • Exterior: south transept, doorway
  • Interior: choir and north transept
  • Exterior: south transept, rose window
  • Interior: Basse-oeuvre
  • Interior: Choir
  • Exterior: between Cathedral and Basse-Oeuvre
  • Interior: South Transept
  • Exterior: Chevet, Northeast
  • Exterior
  • Interior: Crossing
  • Panorama Tour