Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral, located in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region, is one of the most authentic and complete works of religious architecture of the early 13th century. It was the destination ...

Chartres, whose cathedral had been destroyed by fire four ... and has made a major contribution to the export of this architectural art worldwide. The technical prowess that enabled the monument ...

He once described France’s Chartres Cathedral as “this rich stone ... is perhaps Europe’s most iconic style of Christian architecture. It first emerged in France in the 12th century and ...

But one does not have to look far to witness the disastrous consequences of seeking a return to “original" Medieval architecture. Just 60 miles from Paris, renovations at the Chartres Cathedral ...

The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre-Dame of Paris to Chartres, Reims ... which relied on the convergence of several key architectural elements, begins with an industrious and powerful ...

Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral, located in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region, is one of the most authentic and complete works of religious architecture of the early 13th century. It was the destination ...

Dedicated to Notre-Dame, Chartres Cathedral acquired strong associations with the cult of the Virgin. Most of the 12th- and 13th-century sculpture and stained glass survive, to make the cathedral one ...