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Photos: Chauvigny Church

This gallery of 94 photos accompanies our article on Chauvigny Church, a Romanesque church famed for its unusual capital sculptures. Except where indicated otherwise, all photos were taken by the Sacred Destinations team in July 2008 and are available for licensing. Click any image to enlarge or start at the beginning for a virtual tour!


Floor Plan
Chauvigny Cityscape
Chauvigny Cityscape
Chauvigny Cityscape
Chauvigny Cityscape
Rue St-Pierre
View from Northeast
View from Northeast
View from Northeast
View from Southeast
View from Southeast
View from Southeast
View from Southeast
View from Southeast
South Chapel Foundations
Chapel Foundations
East Chapel
Chapel Window Decoration
Chapel Window Decoration
Blind Arch Decoration
Saint Peter
Sagittarius
East Exterior Detail
Bell Tower
Turret
Nave Looking East
Nave Looking East
Nave Looking West
Architectural Development in the Nave Vault
South Aisle
Transept Crossing
Tower Crossing
Choir Capitals
Choir Capitals
Upper Choir
Choir Capitals
Ambulatory Vault
Capital: Satan and His Minions
Capital: Satan and His Minions
Capital: Satan and His Minions
Capital: Satan and His Minions
Capital: Bird-Like Sphinxes
Capital: Bird-Like Sphinxes
Capital: Bird-Like Sphinxes
Capital: Bird-Like Sphinxes
Capital: Bird-Like Sphinxes
Capital: Manticores (Sphinxes)
Capital: Dragon Devouring a Human
Capital: Manticores (Sphinxes)
Capital: Manticores (Sphinxes)
Capital: Manticores (Sphinxes)
Capital: Dragon Devouring a Human
Capital: Manticores (Sphinxes)
Capital: Manticores (Sphinxes)
Capital: Lions and Dragons
Capital: Lion and Dragon
Capital: Dancer with Lions
Capital: Dancer with Lions
Capital: Dancer with Lions
Capital: Dancer with Lions
Capital: Adoration of the Magi
Capital: Adoration of the Magi
Capital: Adoration of the Magi
Capital: Adoration of the Magi
Capital: Adoration of the Magi
Capital: Adoration of the Magi
Capital: Adoration of the Magi
Capital: Presentation of Christ
Capital: Annunciation
Capital: Temptation of Christ
Capital: Dragon Devouring a Human
Capital: Dragon Devouring a Human
Capital: Dragon Devouring a Human
Capital: Manticores (Sphinxes)
Capital: Weighing of Souls
Capital: Weighing of Souls
Capital: Weighing of Souls
Capital: Babylon Abandoned
Capital: Babylon Abandoned
Capital: Babylon Abandoned
Capital: Announcement to the Shepherds
Capital: Announcement to the Shepherds
Capital: Announcement to the Shepherds
Capital: Announcement to the Shepherds
Capital: Great Whore of Babylon
Capital: Birds Devouring Humans
Capital: Birds Devouring Humans
Capital: Birds Devouring Humans
Capital: Mermaid
Capital: Dragons
Chauvigny Street
Church from Above
Castle



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