French cathedrals

In 2020 discover the gravity-defying Beauvais Cathedral. Although incomplete, the Gothic cathedral holds the world record for the heights of its vaults!

Interior of the Notre-Dame cathedral

Just outside the Paris city limits lies a completely overlooked hidden gem in Paris, the fantastic Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis. The church is the birthplace of Gothic architecture and the official burial place of the French monarchs. This Saint Denis guide tells you everything to see at the basilica and gives you must know tips for visiting.

Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres) in Chartres, France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartes_Cathedral

Posts about Rouen written by Michael Evans Photographer

The Church of St. Ouen is a large Gothic Roman Catholic church in Rouen, northern France, famous for both its architecture and its large, unaltered Cavaillé-Coll organ, which Charles-Marie Widor de…

Completed in 1773 by Charles-Antoine Bridan.

Mr. Brunetti, who was born in Germany in 1965, had worked for about two decades in advertising when, in 2005, he switched to a more singular vocation. He became an itinerant photographer of one of photography’s oldest subjects, the religious architecture of medieval Europe, and used the latest technology to capture …

This resilient, gravity-defying Gothic cathedral survived centuries of France’s turbulent past. It emerged in the 19th century from near ruin, thanks to a massive restoration project.