Chartres Cathedral - 12th-13th century - 16 Notre Dame Cloister The current Gothic-style cathedral, built from 1194 in just 26 years, is one of the most authentic and completed works of early 13th century religious architecture. You can admire all the...
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Chartres Cathedral - 12th-13th century - 16 Notre Dame Cloister The current Gothic-style cathedral, built from 1194 in just 26 years, is one of the most authentic and completed works of early 13th century religious architecture. You can admire all the techniques of the art of building in the 13th century: vault on a cross ribbed, flying buttresses surrounding the entire building, a 36-meter-high nave with an ogival ceiling, walls broken through with high windows closed by glass walls which, thanks to the mastery of the 13th century master glassmakers, allow light to penetrate widely inside the building ... Thanks to these innovative techniques allowing to lighten the weight of the vault, Chartres is one of the tallest and most imposing cathedrals in the western world. Its dimensions are impressive: it is 130 meters long, 76.80 wild for the transept, the 2 bell towers each exceed 100 meters high. The cathedral has preserved almost all the stained-glass windows of the Middle Ages made be
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