Chartres Cathedral
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Rib vault
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| Function / usage: |
Cathedral
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| Architectural style: |
Gothic
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| Other name(s): | Notre-Dame de Chartres |
| Built: | 1020 - 1240 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Chartres, Eure-et-Loir (28), Centre, France, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| tower height | 115 m | |
| length | 130.2 m | |
| vault | height | 36.55 m |
Materials
| arches |
stone
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| columns |
stone
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| walls |
stone
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| vault |
masonry
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Chronology
| 1020 | Construction of the crypt following a fire. |
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| 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. |
Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: Chartres Cathedral
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Cathédrale de Chartres
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Cathédrale de Chartres
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Chartres Cathedral (Mary Ann Sullivan)
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Chartres Cathedral (San Jose State University)
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Die Kathedrale von Chartres - Die Anwendung der Heiligen Geometrie löst alte Rätsel
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Great Buildings Online: Chartres Cathedral
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L'architecture religieuse en Occident: Notre-Dame de Chartres (Eure et Loir)
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Médiathèque de l'Architecture et du patrimoine: Centre: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
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Paradoxplace: Chartres Cathedral
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Photo-en-Ligne: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Chartres
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Romanes.com: Cathédrale de Chartres
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Sacred Destinations: Chartres Cathedral
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UNESCO: Sites du Patrimoine Mondial: Cathédrale de Chartres
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Wikipedia: Cathedral of Chartres
Relevant Publications
- 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
- Colloque international pour le huitième centenaire de la cathédrale de Chartres, Editions Picard, Paris (France), ISBN 270840511X, 1996
- Chartres, Stein und Licht oder die zum Denkmal gewordene Geschichte, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 1995, n. 1 v. 35
- Chartres Cathedral, W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393314383, 1996
- Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France), ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 266-267
- L'art français (tome 1), Flammarion, Paris (France), ISBN 2080109677, 1993
- Les plus belles cathédrales de France, Sélection du Readers Digest, Paris (France), ISBN 2709808889, 1997; pp. 194-201
- Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France), ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 94-97
- Voyage au Moyen Age à travers les vitraux de Chartres, Gaud (collection Ver Lum), ISBN 2840801108
- Quartier cathédral, Rempart / Desclée de Brouwer, Paris (France), ISBN 2904365230, 1994
- Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 138
- L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270, Flammarion, Paris (France), ISBN 2080109707, 1990
- Chartres, la cathédrale, Editions Zodiaque, Saint-Léger-Vauban (France), ISBN 2736902599, 2001
- High Gothic Structure, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton (USA), ISBN 0943012058, 1984; pp. 12-21
- Experiments in Gothic Structure, The MIT Press, Cambridge (USA), ISBN 0262630958, 1982; pp. 35-49
- Île-de-France romane, Editions Zodiaque, Saint-Léger-Vauban (France), 1983; pp. 297
- Chartres. La cathédrale Notre-Dame, Editions du Patrimoine, Paris (France), ISBN 2858221537, 2000
- Le guide du Patrimoine: Centre. Val de Loire, Ministère de la Culture, Hachette, Paris (France), ISBN 2010185382, 1988
- Art & Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA), ISBN 0064300226, 1972; pp. 172-190
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000270 |
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| Created: | 21/05/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |