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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Chartres Cathedral' has mentioned 'Stained glass' in the following places:
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| The cathedral is well-preserved for its age: the majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th century. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 Earlier Cathedrals 1.2 Fire and reconstruction (1194xe2x80x931260) 1.3 Later modifications (13thxe2x80x9318th centuries) and the Coronation of Henry IV of France 1.4 French Revolution and 19th century 1.5 World War II 1.6 2009 restoration 1.7 Liturgy 2 Description 2.1 Statistics 2.2 Plan and elevation xe2x80x93 flying buttresses 3 The towers and clock 4 The Portals and their sculpture 4.1 West, or Royal Portal (12th century) 4.2 North transept portals (13th century) 4.3 South portal (13th century) 5 Angels and monsters 6 Nave and ambulatory 7 Stained glass windows 7.1 12th century windows 7.2 Rose windows 7.3 Windows in aisles and the choir ambulatory 7.4 Clerestory windows 7.4.1 Later windows 8 The Crypt (9thxe2x80x9311th century) 9 High Altar (18th century) 10 Choir wall (16th-18th centuries) 11 Labyrinth 12 Chapel of Piatus of Tournai, bishop's palace and gardens 13 Construction 14 Restoration 15 The School of Chartres 16 Social and economic context 17 Pilgrimages and the legend of the Sancta Camisa 18 Popular culture 19 Chartres Light Celebration 20 See also 21 References 22 Bibliography 23 External links | WIKI |
| [7] The stained glass in the three lancet windows over the portals dates from some time between 1145 and 1155, while the south spire, some 103 metres high, was also completed by 1155 or later. | WIKI |
| The major portions of the new cathedral, with its stained glass and sculpture, were largely finished within just twenty-five years, extraordinarily rapid for the time. | WIKI |
| At the same time, some of the stained glass in the clerestory was removed and replaced with grisaille windows, greatly increasing the light on the high altar in the center of the church. | WIKI |
| In 1836, due to the negligence of workmen, a fire began which destroyed the lead-covered wooden roof and the two belfries, but the building structure and the stained glass were untouched. | WIKI |
| In 2009, the Monuments Historiques division of the French Ministry of Culture began an $18.5-million program of works at the cathedral, cleaning the inside and outside, protecting the stained glass with a coating, and cleaning and painting the inside masonry creamy-white with trompe-l'xc5x93il marbling and gilded detailing, as it may have looked in the 13th century. | WIKI |
| This pier design, known as pilier cantonnxc3xa9, was strong, simple, and elegant, and permitted the large stained glass windows of the clerestory, or upper level. | WIKI |
| A fire in 1836 destroyed the roof and belfries of the cathedral, and melted the bells, but did not damage the structure below or the stained glass. | WIKI |
| This arrangement is repeated in the stained glass windows of the apse. | WIKI |
| Stained glass windows[edit] | WIKI |
| See also: Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral | WIKI |
| One of the most distinctive features of Chartres Cathedral is the stained glass, both for its quantity and quality. | WIKI |
| Also, Chartres contains fewer plain or grisaille windows than later cathedrals, and more windows with densely stained glass panels, making the interior of Chartres darker but the colour of the light deeper and richer. | WIKI |
| Although estimates vary (depending on how one counts compound or grouped windows) approximately 152 of the original 176 stained glass windows survive xe2x80x93 far more than any other medieval cathedral anywhere in the world. | WIKI |
| During World War II most of the stained glass was removed from the cathedral and stored in the surrounding countryside to protect it from damage. | WIKI |
| The chapel also has a modern stained glass window, the Mary, Door to Heaven Window, made by Henri Guxc3xa9rin, made by cementing together thick slabs of stained glass. | WIKI |
| He is depicted in stained glass and culture holding the fragment of his skull in his hands. | WIKI |
| It also contains a notable collection of 14th-century stained glass. | WIKI |
| "[50] He also noted that the bright white walls made it more difficult to appreciate the colours of the stained glass windows, and declared that the work violated international conservation protocols, in particular, the 1964 Charter of Venice of which France is a signatory. | WIKI |
| In the domain of stained glass, the influence of the Chartres workshop ranged widely from Bourges, Sens, Le Mans, Tours, Poitiers, Rouen, Canterbury, through spreading or diffusion of works. | UNESCO |
| The cathedral has also preserved outstanding stained glass from the middle of the 12th century as well as almost the totality of its homogeneous decor of stained glass that comprises the greatest ensemble of stained glass from the first half of the 13th century. | UNESCO |