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  2. Chartres Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Chartres Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres.

  3. Chartres - Wikipedia

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    It was built on the site of the former Chartres cathedral of Romanesque architecture, which was destroyed by fire in 1194 (that former cathedral had been built on the ruins of an ancient Celtic temple, later replaced by a Roman temple). Begun in 1205, the construction of Notre-Dame de Chartres was completed 66 years later.

  4. The Cathedral of Chartres - Wikipedia

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    The Cathedral of Chartres is an oil painting on canvas of Chartres Cathedral by the French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, created in 1830. After being sold several times, it has been held in the Musée du Louvre , in Paris since 1906.

  5. Gothic cathedrals and churches - Wikipedia

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    Chartres Cathedral was constructed following the destruction by fire of the Romanesque cathedral in 1194, which left only the crypt, royal total an apse intact. It was rapidly reconstructed, and was largely finished by 1221. [24] It surpassed Notre Dame de Paris both in length (130.2 meters) and height (36 meters).

  6. Jehan de Beauce - Wikipedia

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    In 1506, he was commissioned to rebuild the northern bell tower of the Chartres Cathedral [3] destroyed by lightning on 26 July 1506. In Chartres, Jehan de Beauce also built: [3] [4] The renovation of the Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres between 1513 and 1525. The construction of the pavillon of the Horloge astronomique de Chartres in 1520.

  7. French Gothic architecture - Wikipedia

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    French Gothic architecture was the result of the emergence in the 12th century of a powerful French state centered in the Île-de-France.During the reign of Louis VI of France (1081–1137), Paris was the principal residence of the Kings of France, Reims the place of coronation, and the Abbey of Saint-Denis became their ceremonial burial place.

  8. French architecture - Wikipedia

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    The flying buttresses matured, and after they were embraced at Notre-Dame de Paris and Notre-Dame de Chartres, they became the canonical way to support high walls, as they served both structural and ornamental purposes. The main body of Chartres Cathedral (1194–1260), Amiens Cathedral, and Bourges Cathedral are also representatives of the style.

  9. Paris in the 16th century - Wikipedia

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    Most of the churches built in Paris in the 16th century are in the traditional flamboyant gothic style, though some have features borrowed from the Italian Renaissance. The most important Paris church of the Renaissance is Saint-Eustache , 105 meters long, 44 meters wide and 35 meters high, which in size and grandeur, approaches that of the ...