The Chartres Cathedral is probably the finest example of French Gothic architecture and said by some to be the most beautiful cathedral in France. He was posthumously decorated with the Croix de Guerre avec Palme (War Cross 1939-1945), the Légion d'Honneur (Legion of Honour) and the Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit) of the French government and the Distinguished Service Cross of the American government[11][12]. The medieval glass largely escaped harm during the Huguenot iconoclasm and the religious wars of the 16th century although the west rose sustained damage from artillery fire in 1591. Montage photographique : on notera l’utilisation de la maquette du parc d’attraction 'France miniature', les arbres dépassant les flèches du monument. Notre-Dame de Chartres had been saved. La Cathédrale de Chartres recrute... La Cathédrale de Chartres recrute... un Gardien/Sacristain (TC) à compter du 1er octobre 2020. un Chef de chœur (28h/mois) à compter de début 2021. [48] The nave high vaults were erected in the 1220s, the canons moved into their new stalls in 1221 under a temporary roof at the level of the clerestory, and the transept roses were erected over the next two decades. During the late 20th century preservation efforts concentrated on protecting the cathedral’s stained glass from air pollution damage, and the interior underwent a controversial cleaning and restoration in the early decades of the 21st century. It continues to be a pilgrimage site for Roman Catholics in the 21st century. It is surrounded by a much larger crypt, the Saint Fulbert Crypt, which completed in 1025, five years after the fire that destroyed most of the older cathedral.

[54], Although the town of Chartres was under the judicial and tax authority of the Counts of Blois, the area immediately surrounding the cathedral, known as the cloître, was in effect a free-trade zone governed by the church authorities, who were entitled to the taxes from all commercial activity taking place there.

[13], The elevations of earlier Gothic cathedrals usually had four levels to give them solidity; an arcade of massive columns on the ground floor, supporting a wide arched tribune gallery or tribune, below a narrower arcade triforium; then, under the roof, the higher and thinner walls, or clerestory, where the windows were. Ils écoutent à ce moment le récit de la création de l’homme, Descente au baptistère de la crypte, sous la tour sud, Les fidèles, depuis la tribune d’orgue, tenant leur cierge. It consisted of an ambulatory around the earlier chapel, surrounded by three large chapels with Romanesque barrel vault and groin vault ceilings, which still exist. The timber beams under the roof were replaced with an iron framework covered with copper plates[16], The cathedral has three great portals or entrances, opening into the nave from the west and into the transepts from north and south. Even before the Gothic cathedral was built, Chartres was a place of pilgrimage, albeit on a much smaller scale. The triumphs and the frauds, the treasures and the fakes.

Surrounding the tympanum, as a reminder of the glory days of the School of Chartres, the archivolts are carved with some very distinctive personifications of the Seven Liberal Arts as well as the classical authors and philosophers most closely associated with them. These vaults were also innovative, having just four compartments, unlike the six-part vaults of earlier Gothic churches. John James, "An Examination of Some Anomalies in the Ascension and Incarnation Portals of Chartres Cathedral". deux coqs d’or], le dessinateur emprunte également le schéma des verrières au transept nord de Chartres, De nombreuses photographies ont été éditées. Touristes au portail nord - Chartres émergeant d’une steppe aride. [45], Opinions are uncertain as to the sizes and styles of the figures in the portals, and some elements, such as the lintel over the right-hand portal, have clearly been cut down to fit the available spaces.