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 vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

Overwhelmed by a surge in participants, organizers of the traditional Pentecost pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres were forced ...

Some of the most famous Gothic churches are Notre-Dame de Paris, Chartres Cathedral and Amiens Cathedral in France. Like all styles, Gothic also went out of vogue but came back in different forms ...

Chartres Cathedral, officially known as Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, stands as a pinnacle of French Gothic architecture. Constructed primarily between 1194 and 1260, following a devastating ...