Chartres Cathedral

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres

Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres

King, Thomas Harper (English architect, born 1822)

Chartres, Centre, France

France

rebuilt 1194-1260 (creation)

12th century

13th century

interior elevation of two bays

transverse section of nave

exterior elevation of two bays, sections

elevations

Dedicated to Notre-Dame, Chartres Cathedral acquired strong associations with the cult of the Virgin. Most of the 12th- and 13th-century sculpture and stained glass survive, to make the cathedral one of the most 'complete' medieval buildings in existence. The present cathedral was built after a fire in 1194

of the earlier church only the 11th-century crypt and the 12th-century western block survive. The cathedral, built of limestone, is about 34 m high and 130 m long internally. It has a four-bay choir with double aisles and a double ambulatory with six radiating chapels, of which three are shallow and three, reflecting the surviving crypt chapels, are deeper. [A UNESCO World Heritage Site]

Architectural Documentation

cathedrals

churches

religious buildings

elevations

sections

Gothic (Medieval)

French

Cathedrals -- Gothic -- France -- Chartres -- Cathédrale de Chartres

King, Thomas H. The Study-book of Mediaeval Architecture and Art. Bruges, Belgium: C. Beyaert, 1893, 50.

Public Domain