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  2. The Good Samaritan Window, Chartres Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) [5] complemented by a series of Old and New Testament typologies served as a popular subject for cathedral glazing programs in the thirteenth century. [6] Three French cathedral windows fabricated between 1200 and 1215 function in this way: Sens (c.1200), Chartres (1205/1215), [7] and Bourges (c ...

  3. Chartres Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Chartres Cathedral, (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, lit., Cathedral of Our Lady of 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.

  4. List of highest church naves - Wikipedia

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    List of highest church naves # Cathedral/Church Nave height City Country Notes 1 Beauvais Cathedral: 47 m (154 ft) [3] Beauvais: France: The "Parthenon of French Gothic", only one bay of the nave was built, but choir and transepts were completed to the same height. 2 St. Peter's Basilica: 46 m (151 ft) [4] 45 m (148 ft) [5] Vatican City ...

  5. Nave - Wikipedia

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    The nave (/ n eɪ v /) is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When a church contains side aisles , as in a basilica -type building, the strict definition of the term "nave" is restricted to the central ...

  6. Choir wall of Chartres Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The columns between the spans hold statues, around 1.6m tall, all by Thomas Boudin, showing God the Father, Fulbert and other unidentified bishops of Chartres. [5] There are also another 84 smaller statues at various levels, between 35 cm and 60 cm tall - the original plan seemed to be to show figures from society and envisaged 136 of these ...

  7. Watch live: Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris over 5 ...

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    Initial construction on the cathedral began in 1163, but it took more than 100 years to complete. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the cathedral underwent major restorations and additions.

  8. Bourges Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The cathedral was begun at about the same time as Chartres Cathedral, but the basic plan was very different. Whereas at Chartres and other High Gothic cathedrals the two collateral aisles were the same height as the nave, at Bourges the collateral aisles were of different heights, rising in steps from the outside aisle to the centre. The old ...

  9. List of tallest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Church finished in 1506; its cast iron spire was built between 1825 and 1876; painted by Claude Monet 1880–1890 Cologne Cathedral: 157.4 m (516.4 ft) 4.2% 10 years Cologne: Only church with two main towers to ever have been the world's tallest since 1890 Ulm Minster: 161.5 m (529.9 ft) 2.6% 131 years Ulm

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