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Chartres Cathedral
A Gothic cathedral that still has almost all its 13th-century stained glass, an hour from Paris.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free; paid for the north tower
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- 16 Cloître Notre-Dame, 28000 ChartresDirections
- Getting There
- About an hour by train from Paris Montparnasse; the cathedral is a 10-minute walk from the station.
Why Go
Rebuilt within a few decades after a fire in 1194, the cathedral kept most of its original windows, glowing with the deep 'Chartres blue', and three great rose windows. A labyrinth is laid into the floor of the nave, and two unmatched spires, one Romanesque and one late Gothic, rise over the wheat plain of the Beauce.
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