Criterion (ii): Chartres Cathedral has exercised considerable influence on the development of Gothic art in France and beyond. The architects of the Cathedrals of Reims, Amiens and Beauvais have only ...

If Notre Dame de Chartres was France’s first cathedral to be listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1979, it is primarily because it is considered the most complete and best-preserved of the ...

Chartres, France: Pure Gothic Cathedral. Clip: Season 8 Episode 804 | 2m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A great side trip from Paris is the city of Chartres — and its famous cathedral ...

For the first time in 40 years, the organizers of the famous Catholic route linking Notre Dame of Paris to Chartres Cathedral will have to turn away pilgrims due to an overflow of registrations.

More Chartres, western France, rebuilt after a fire in 1836. - The bells of French cathedrals were to ring out at 1650 GMT on April 17, 2019 to mark the exact moment when the fire started on April ...

The New Yorker, May 10, 1930 P. 71. A visit to some of the cathedral towns of France in order to see the Chartres Cathedral. Tells where he stops - the Hotel du Grand Monarque, and the attentive ...

CNA Staff, Jun 10, 2025 / 13:33 pm. The 43rd annual Paris-Chartres pilgrimage concluded on Monday with a solemn high Mass at Chartres Cathedral, marking the end of a record-breaking three-day ...

France boasts 41 UNESCO sites, but many of them fly under the tourist radar. ... Even without the light show, Chartres Cathedral—dedicated in 1260—enlightens and astounds.