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Photos: Gourdon Church

This gallery of 102 photos accompanies our article on Gourdon Church in Gourdon, Burgundy, France. Standing atop a hill in the center of a Burgundian village, Gourdon Church has a pale-pink interior with restored Romanesque frescoes and carved capitals. All photos marked © Sacred Destinations are available for licensing. Click any image to enlarge, or just start at the beginning for a virtual tour!


Chevet
Burgundian Village Life
Chevet
Outside the Wall
Outside the Wall
Outside the Wall
Exterior from Southeast
Chevet and Cemetery
Chevet
Apse
Southeast Exterior
Exterior from Southeast
Chevet from South
Choir and Chevet
Exterior from Southwest
South Exterior
South Transept
South Exterior
South Exterior
Central Tower
Central Tower
Corner Figure
Corbels
Corbels
Corbel
Corbel
Portal Capital: Human Figure
Portal Capital
Nave Looking West
Nave
Nave Looking East
Nave
Nave
South Aisle
Nave
North Nave Arcade
Nave Colonnade
Nave Vault
Nave Vault
North Nave Wall
Nave
Nave
Transept Crossing
South Aisle
Before and After Photos
South Nave Wall with Capitals
Capital:
Capital: Acrobats?
Capital: Friendly Lions
Capital: Friendly Lions
Capital: Acrobats?
Capital: Faces in Foliage
Capital: Foliage
Capital: Punishment of Lust
Capital: Lions in Foliage
Capital: Atlantes
Carved Capital
Capital: Atlantes
Capital: Acrobats?
Capital:
Capital: Faces in Foliage
Capital:
Capital:
Capital:
Capital:
Capital:
Capital:
Squint
Choir Apse
Apse Fresco: Christ in Majesty
Apse Fresco: Christ in Majesty (Detail)
Apse Fresco: Christ in Majesty (Detail)
Apse Fresco: Christ in Majesty (Detail)
Romanesque Fresco: A Saint
Romanesque Fresco: A Saint
Frescoes on the North Choir Wall
Choir Frescoes
Romanesque Fresco: Nativity
Choir Fresco: Annunciation
Choir Fresco: Annunciation
Romanesque Fresco: Annunciation
Romanesque Fresco: Annunciation
Choir Fresco: Elephant
Choir Fresco: Elephant
Romanesque Fresco
Romanesque Fresco
Choir Frescoes
Choir Fresco: Deesis
Romanesque Fresco: Apostles
Romanesque Fresco: Apostle
Romanesque Fresco: Apostle
Romanesque Fresco
Romanesque Fresco
South Chapel
Chapel Fresco
Chapel Fresco
Chapel Fresco
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