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Chartres Cathedral, ... The Chapel of Saint Piatus of Tournai was a later addition to the cathedral, built in 1326, close to the apse at the east end of the cathedral.
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.
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral: 6,732 [citation needed] 1573–1813 Mexico City Mexico: Catholic Chartres Cathedral: 6,700 [citation needed] 10,875 [citation needed] 1145–1220 Chartres France: Catholic Berlin Cathedral: 6,270 [50] 2,000+ 1451–1905 Berlin Germany: Protestant 116 meters high & 73 meters wide; city landmark.
The stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral are held to be one of the best-preserved and most complete set of medieval stained glass, notably celebrated for their colours, especially their cobalt blue. They cover 2600 square metres in total and consist of 172 bays illustrating biblical scenes, the lives of the saints and scenes from the ...
Many Gothic cathedrals, like Notre-Dame de Paris and Chartres, were built on the sites of Romanesque cathedrals, and often used the same foundations and crypt. In Romanesque times the crypt was used to keep sacred relics, and often had its own chapels and, as in the 11th-century crypt of the first Chartres Cathedral, a deep well. The Romanesque ...
cathedral, minor basilica Chartres Cathedral Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres: Chartres: Chartres: Blessed Virgin Mary: cathedral, minor basilica; World Heritage Site Choisy Cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Louis-et-Saint-Nicolas de Choisy: Créteil: Choisy-le-Roi: Saint Louis; Saint Nicholas: former cathedral (1966–87), parish church Cimiez ...
Sens Cathedral (1135–1171) Chartres Cathedral (1194–1260) Sainte Chapelle (1238–1248) Basilique Notre-Dame de l'Epine. 1130: Sens Cathedral, the first French Gothic cathedral, begun (consecrated 1171). [35] [page needed] 1135: Basilica of Saint-Denis reconstruction in new style begun by Abbot Suger, The Gothic ambulatory was finished in 1144.
In 1793, the Cathedral of Chartres was converted to a Temple of Reason. The Diocese was reestablished at the Concordat of 11 June 1817 , although a new bishop was not appointed until 1821. From 1800