Chartres Cathedral

World Heritage
France
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Partially begun in 1145 and rebuilt over 26 years after a fire in 1194, Chartres Cathedral is the pinnacle of French Gothic art. Its spacious nave, true to the apex style, its porches decorated with exquisite sculptures from the mid-12th century, and its magnificent stained-glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries, make it a masterpiece.

Inside the roof-space, the charpente de fer, built c. 1840

Flying buttresses supporting the upper walls and counterbalancing the outward thrust of the vaulted ...

Window of the Vendôme Chapel, c.1415

Pythagoras on one of the archivolts over the right door of the west portal at Chartres

Cathedral of Chartres

The Coronation of Henri IV of France in the Cathedral on 27 February 1594

The elevation of the nave, showing the gallery on the ground level the narrow triforium and, on to...

The 1836 fire of Chartres Cathedral by François-Alexandre Pernot (1837)

Chartres Cathedral by night

Chartres floorplan (1856) by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879)

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Information extracted from Wikidata

number of rooms lccn-n50052168
dissolved, abolished or demolished date IA28000005
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/0k8bh
Commons category Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
inception 1145-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location Point(1.487736 48.447698)
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres
start time 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
point in time 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
dedicated to Category:Pécs
IPA transcription nɔtʀə ˈdam də ˈʃaʀtʀə
topic's main category Category:Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
Commons gallery Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
e-mail address mailto:visitecathedrale@diocesechartres.com
start time 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
date of official opening 1220-01-01T00:00:00Z
native label Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
different from Chartres Cathedral
length 130
area 1.06
height 113
width 16.4
World Heritage criteria Larousse Encyclopedia online
World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (i)
reason for deprecation Category:Views of Oviedo
Catholic rite Roman Rite
image of interior http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chartres%20-%20Cath%C3%A9drale%2024.JPG
street address place de la Cathédrale
BHCL UUID 069ef02b-8aaf-4d21-9a71-bf8da14a25c3
Centre-Val de Loire Inventory identifier IA28000005
uses 4069930-4
instance of Lindenallee
executive body Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
location of creation Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres

inventory number F/19/7677-F/19/7681
archives at PE-HH-58/CS-2011
start time 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
official website http://www.cathedrale-chartres.org/
language of work or name English
start time 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name Cathédrale de Chartres
official name Chartres Cathedral
official name كاتدرائية شارتر
official name Catedral de Chartres
official name シャルトル大聖堂
official name Kathedraal van Chartres
official name Кафедральный собор в городе Шартр
official name 沙特尔大教堂
volume as quantity World Heritage selection criterion (i)
volume as quantity World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
volume as quantity Larousse Encyclopedia online
area 62.43
applies to part buffer zone
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Westfassade%20Chartres.jpg
media legend West facade
media legend Façade ouest
instance of minor basilica
start time 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z