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    Chartres Cathedral - Wikipedia

    • Chartres Cathedral, (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, lit., Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres), is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. Dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary ('Our Lady'), it was mostly constructed between 1194 and 1220, it stands o… See more

    History

    At least five cathedrals have stood on this site, each replacing an earlier building damaged by war or fire. The first church … See more

    Timeline

    • 743 – First mention of a cathedral in Chartres in a text
    • c. 876 – Charles the Bald gives the cathedral an important sacred relic, the veil of the Virgin, making it an important pilgrimage destination. … See more

    Description

    • Length: 130 metres (430 ft)
    • Width: 32 metres (105 ft) / 46 metres (151 ft)
    • Nave: height 37 metres (121 ft); width 16.4 metres (54 ft)… See more

    Chartres Cathedral | History, Interior, Stained Glass, & Facts - Britannica
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    The towers and clock

    • The Flamboyant Gothic north tower (finished 1513) (left) and older south tower (1144–1150) (right)
    • Detail of the south tower
    • Detail of the Flamboyant Gothic north tower … See more

    The portals and their sculpture

    The cathedral has three great portals or entrances, opening into the nave from the west and into the transepts from north and south. The portals are richly decorated with sculptures, which rendered biblical stories and theolo… See more

    Angels and monsters

    • Angel with a sundial on south facade
    • Gargoyle on the north tower, serving as a rain spout
    • Detail of the south tower, with statuary of Chimeras … See more

    Nave and ambulatory

    • Notre Dame de Piliers statue and chapel off the nave
    • Fragment of a reputed veil of Virgin Mary, displayed in the Chapel of the Martyrs
    The nave, … See more

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