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Chartres Cathedral

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Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Phone:
+33 2 37 21 59 08

Hours:
Sunday8:30am - 7:30pm
Monday8:30am - 7:30pm
Tuesday8:30am - 7:30pm
Wednesday8:30am - 7:30pm
Thursday8:30am - 7:30pm
Friday8:30am - 7:30pm
Saturday8:30am - 7:30pm


Chartres Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres , is a Roman Catholic church in Chartres, France, about 80 km southwest of Paris. Mostly constructed between 1194 and 1220, it stands at the site of at least five cathedrals that have occupied the site since Chartres became a bishopric in the 4th century. It is in the Gothic and Romanesque styles. It is designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, which calls it the high point of French Gothic art and a masterpiece.The cathedral has been well preserved. The majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th century. The building's exterior is dominated by heavy flying buttresses which allowed the architects to increase the window size significantly, while the west end is dominated by two contrasting spires – a 105-metre plain pyramid completed around 1160 and a 113-metre early 16th-century Flamboyant spire on top of an older tower. Equally notable are the three great façades, each adorned with hundreds of sculpted figures illustrating key theological themes and narratives. Since at least the 12th century the cathedral has been an important destination for travelers. It remains so to the present, attracting large numbers of Christian pilgrims, many of whom come to venerate its famous relic, the Sancta Camisa, said to be the tunic worn by the Virgin Mary at Christ's birth, as well as large numbers of secular tourists who come to admire the cathedral's architecture and historical merit.
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