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 of the most 'complete' medieval buildings in existence. The present cathedral was built after a fire in 1194; of the earlier church only the 11th-century crypt and the 12th-century western block survive. The cathedral, built of limestone, is about 34 m high and 130 m long internally. It has a four-bay choir with double aisles and a double ambulatory with six radiating chapels, of which three are shallow and three, reflecting the surviving crypt chapels, are deeper. A UNESCO World Heritage Site
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 of the most 'complete' medieval buildings in existence. The present cathedral was built after a fire in 1194; of the earlier church only the 11th-century crypt and the 12th-century western block survive. The cathedral, built of limestone, is about 34 m high and 130 m long internally. It has a four-bay choir with double aisles and a double ambulatory with six radiating chapels, of which three are shallow and three, reflecting the surviving crypt chapels, are deeper. A UNESCO World Heritage Site
Chartres Cathedral, History & Overview - Lesson
Chartres Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chartres, Eure-et
Chartres Cathedral: detail of the Royal Portal on the west front
Chartres Cathedral: Detail of North porch
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Chartres Cathedral: West or Royal Portal
C. Wild. “West Front of the Cathedral of Chartres.” From Wild’s English Cathedrals and Wild’s Foreign Cathedrals. , London: R. Jennings, c. 1828. 15 x
Wild, C. “West Front of the Cathedral of Chartres.” From Wild’s English Cathedrals and Wild’s Foreign Cathedrals
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Chartres Cathedral, France - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger
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