Cathedral Cities of France

abbey aisles Amiens ancient Angevin apse architects army Auxerre basilica Bayeux bays beautiful Beauvais became bishop Blois Boulogne Bourges building built Caen capital castle Cathedral chapel Charles Chartres Château choir Church of Saint clerestory counts Coutances crowned crypt Dame death Duke early enemy England English Evreux façade famous fifteenth century Flamboyant France François Freeman French Gaul Gothic Henry hill honour Huguenot inhabitants Jacques Cœur Joan king La Rochelle land Lâon later Limoges Lisieux Loire Louis XII Meaux mediæval modern nave never Norman Normandy Orléans Paris picturesque pier arch Pierre Poitiers porches possession Prince Prussian relics remains Rheims river Rochelle Roman Romanesque Rouen round royal Saint Denis Saint Etienne Saint-Lô sculpture seems side siege Soissons spire stands streets style thirteenth century tion to-day Tours towers town transepts triforium Troyes twelfth century UNIV vaulting walls