In 1194 a fire destroyed Chartres' earlier Cathedral. Of the twelfth-century windows that ... The garments with their symmetrical folds, the ornaments along their borders, the architecture of the ...

Great architecture, like any kind of great art, ultimately takes you somewhere that words cannot take you at all. And Fallingwater does that the way Chartres Cathedral does that. That there’s ...

The new architectural style using ... Another top Rick Steves pick is Chartres in Lights, a city-wide sound and light show in which the cathedral's facade and other historic buildings and bridges ...

Rooted in medieval architecture and later expanded into literature, fashion and art, it stands as a symbol of mystery and the ...