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Created on: 21/05/99
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Chartres Cathedral

Notre-Dame de Chartres
Built: 1020 - 1240
Status: in use
Location: Chartres, Eure-et-Loir (28), Centre, France
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Structural Type:
Gothic vault
Function / usage:
Church

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Renovation
Architect Guy Nicot

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arches  stone
columns  stone
walls  stone
vault  masonry
Dimensions
  tower height 115 m
  length 130.2 m
  height of vault 36.55 m

Chronology
1020
Construction of the crypt following a fire.
1134- 1155
Construction of the western façade after a fire destroyed the existing one.
1155
Three stained glass windows in the west façade completed.
1194- 1221
Fire destroys the remainder of the original cathedral. Except for the crypt and west façade everything is rebuilt.
1240
Completion of the stained glass windows.
1260
Consecration.

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External LinkCathédrale de Chartres French
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External LinkChartres Cathedral (Mary Ann Sullivan) English
External LinkChartres Cathedral (San Jose State University) English
External LinkDie Kathedrale von Chartres - Die Anwendung der Heiligen Geometrie löst alte Rätsel German
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Chartres Cathedral English
External LinkL'architecture religieuse en Occident: Notre-Dame de Chartres (Eure et Loir) French
External LinkMédiathèque de l'Architecture et du patrimoine: Centre: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres French
External LinkMonum: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres (2) French
External LinkParadoxplace: Chartres Cathedral English
External LinkPhoto-en-Ligne: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Chartres French
External LinkRomanes.com: Cathédrale de Chartres French
External LinkSacred Destinations: Chartres Cathedral English
External LinkUNESCO: Sites du Patrimoine Mondial: Cathédrale de Chartres French
External LinkWikipedia: Catedral de Chartres Spanish
External LinkWikipédia: Catedral de Chartres Portuguese
External LinkWikipedia: Cathedral of Chartres English
External LinkWikipédia: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres French
External LinkWikipedia: Cattedrale di Chartres Italian
External LinkWikipedia: Chartresin katedraali Finnish
External LinkWikipedia: Chartreskatedralen Norwegian
External LinkWikipedia: Katedra w Chartres Polish
External LinkWikipedia: Katedralen i Chartres Swedish
External LinkWikipedia: Kathedraal van Chartres Dutch / Flemish
External LinkWikipedia: Kathedrale von Chartres German
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External LinkWikipedie: Katedrála v Chartres Czech
External LinkWikipedija: Katedrala Notre-Dame u Chartresu Croatian
External LinkΒικιπαίδεια: Καθεδρικός της Σαρτρ Greek (modern)
External LinkВикипедия: Шартрский собор Russian
External Linkウィキペディア: シャルトル大聖堂 Japanese
External Link维基百科: 沙特尔大教堂 Chinese

Relevant Literature
* Colloque international pour le huitième centenaire de la cathédrale de Chartres, Editions Picard, Paris (France) , ISBN 270840511X, 1996.
* Sous l'oeil divin, in "L'acier pour construire", February 1999, n. 61 .
* Restauration de la flèche Nord de la cathédrale de Chartres, in "Ossature métallique", February 1939 v. 8 .
* Berger, Patrick   Chartres, Stein und Licht oder die zum Denkmal gewordene Geschichte, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 1995, n. 1 v. 35 .
* Branner, Robert   Chartres Cathedral, W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393314383, 1996.
* Bussagli, Marco   Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France) , ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 266-267.
* Chastel, André   L'art français (tome 1), Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2080109677, 1993.
* Collombet, François   Les plus belles cathédrales de France, Sélection du Readers Digest, Paris (France) , ISBN 2709808889, 1997; pp. 194-201.
* Denizeau, Gérard   Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France) , ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 94-97.
* Deremble, Colette   Voyage au Moyen Age à travers les vitraux de Chartres, Gaud (collection Ver Lum), ISBN 2840801108.
* Esquieu, Yves   Quartier cathédral, Rempart / Desclée de Brouwer, Paris (France) , ISBN 2904365230, 1994.
* Heinle, Erwin   Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 138.
* Kimpel, Dieter   L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270, Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2080109707, 1990.
* Kurmann-Schwarz, Peter   Chartres, la cathédrale, Editions Zodiaque, La Pierre-qui-Vire (France) , ISBN 2736902599, 2001.
* Mark, Robert   Experiments in Gothic Structure, The MIT Press, Cambridge (USA) , ISBN 0262630958, 1982; pp. 35-49.
* Mark, Robert   High Gothic Structure, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 0943012058, 1984; pp. 12-21.
* Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie   Le guide du Patrimoine: Centre. Val de Loire, Ministère de la Culture, Hachette, Paris (France) , ISBN 2010185382, 1988.
* Prache, Anne   Chartres. La cathédrale Notre-Dame, Editions du Patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858221537, 2000.
* Prache, Anne   Île-de-France romane, Editions Zodiaque, La Pierre-qui-Vire (France) , 1983; pp. 297.
* Stoddard, Whitney S.   Art & Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA) , ISBN 0064300226, 1972; pp. 172-190.

 
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