Bourges has long been our favorite Gothic cathedral, and we have visited a number of times. Below are a few pix from our 2022 visit (among the usual scores taken) as well as a few pix from the town. To see many more pix, and better quality, too, have a look at some of the past posts on St. Etienne's listed below. In the 2019 post there is a brief explanation of why we like Bourges above all our many other favorite cathedrals...
http://roadeveron.blogspot.ca/2013/05/bourges-cathedral-of-st-etienne-1.html
http://roadeveron.blogspot.ca/2013/05/bourges-cathedral-of-st-etienne-2.html
http://roadeveron.blogspot.ca/2013/09/bourges-cathedral-again.html
http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2016/10/bourges-cathedral-2016.html
https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2019/05/bourges-st-etienne-cathedral-2019.html
And on the town itself...
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| From the starboard bow |
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Why we like it, in a picture...you can get that close
to many of the main 13th century windows |
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| Life of St. Thomas |
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| Revelation |
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Complete with our friend from Gargilesse...guess
we'd missed Him before... |
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| Perennial favorite |
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| Judgement tympanum |
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| Street scene |
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| "Helluva party" episode #1,693 |
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| And the band played on |
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At the Guimguette (look it up) in the park next to the cathedral,
Sunday afternoon; sans consommation
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