Tag: Chartres Cathedral
Stained Glass At Chartres Cathedral
Back to our trip. The thing that really grabs your attention inside Chartres Cathedral is the stained glass. Most of the windows date to the 12th and 13th Centuries and have been scrupulously preserved. These are called rose windows, for obvious reasons. They are so high up it is difficult to see the detail, …
Chartres Cathedral From The Outside
In the late afternoon our train pulled into the station in downtown Chartres. Our hotel was just a couple of blocks away. Though it was pretty basic, from the window of our room we could view what had drawn us here: Chartres Cathedral, which we would see for the first time. One thing that absolutely …
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