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Architecture & Tradition

Nov 19, 2023 • 51 tweets • 11 min read • Read on X

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France is renowned for its breathtaking cathedrals. Let’s take a look inside some of the most mesmerizing interiors 🧵

1. Notre Dame of Fourvière, Lyon

2. La Madeleine, Paris

3. Narbonne Cathedral

4. Béziers Cathedral

5. Sainte-Chapelle, Paris

6. Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral

7. Val-de-Grâce, Paris

8. Saint-Eustache, Paris

9. Orléans Cathedral

10. Church of the Redemption, Lyon

11. Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey

12. Bourges Cathedral

13. Saint-Vincent Cathedral of Saint-Malo

14. Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens

15. Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Reims

16. Cathedral of Saint Julian of Le Mans

17. Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris

18. Sainte-Cecile Cathedral of Albi

19. The Cistercian Abbaye Royale de Chaali

20. Cathedral of Saint Peter of Beauvais

21. Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille, Lyon

22. Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon

23. Ebersmunster Abbey

24. Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons, Bordeaux

25. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen

26. Cathedral of Our Lady of Évreux

27. Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Toulouse

28. Basilica of Saint-Martin d'Ainay, Lyon

29. Basilica of Saint-Remi, Reims

30. Cathédrale Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul, Troyes

31. Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris

32. Parish Church of the Madeleine, Troyes

33. Église Saint-Maurice, Lille

34. Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Fécamp

35. Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes

36. Cité de Carcassonne

37. Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours

38. Bayeux Cathedral

39. Saint-Ouen Abbey Church, Rouen

40. Collégiale Notre-Dame, Semur-en-Auxois

41. Coutances Cathedral

42. Bayeux Cathedral

43. Saint-François-Xavier, Paris

44. Royal Monastery of Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse

45. Basilica of Ars, Ars-sur-Formans

46. Église Saint-Martin, Roubaix

47. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon

48. Saint-Jean-Baptiste Cathedral

49. Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral

50. Collégiale Notre-Dame de Dole

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