Chartres Cathedral Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art.

The Cathedral’s survival was all to the good. But even if Chartres had been pulverized to dust, it could probably be rebuilt exactly, down to the remotest crocket and mullion.

Notre Dame of Chartres Cathedral in France, a Christian landmark since the Middle Ages, is currently celebrating the first millennium of its foundation. This Marian shrine, whose fame almost ...

When I was last in the cathedral of Chartres, I saw a lot of scaffolding — the apse was full of it, and you couldn’t get close — but I did not realize what was going on. I thought they were ...

In 2009, the French Ministry of Culture began an $18 million restoration of the medieval Chartres Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 50 miles southwest of Paris. By 2017, the Gothic structure ...

Every year, the famous jewel-toned glass that illuminates the interior of the Gothic cathedral of Nôtre Dame de Chartres attracts millions of visitors to France.

The three-day trek from Paris to Chartres represents a demanding challenge — both physical and spiritual — that continues to attract growing numbers of young Catholics.

CHARTRES, July 1.--Besides its cathedral, Chartres is famous for its pates, which are warranted to prove so delicious and yet so dangerously rich that all the gargoyles in town come to visit the ...

His palette brightened past the impressionists, past the Fauves. Kupka frequently visited Chartres Cathedral, where he sat hour on hour soaking in the rainbow radiance of its stained-glass windows.

Augustin Frison-Roche, who has made a name for himself with his work on iconic religious sites like Chartres cathedral in recent years, is currently at the center of a new exhibition in Paris.