In the “book of Chartres,” as some nickname the church, the text is the sculpture and windows, and its binding is the architecture.

Notre Dame of Chartres Cathedral in France, a Christian landmark since the Middle Ages, is currently celebrating the first millennium of its foundation. This Marian shrine, whose fame almost ...

The voices of vacationers partying at cafes faded as I left Chartres' picture-postcard main square and entered the dusky nave of the cathedral. Blinking until my eyes adjusted, I stared up at ...

Petit is a doctor to some of the world’s oldest stained-glass masterpieces: the blue-hued mosaics of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, which stands in this medieval village 50 miles ...

For a chance to experience the mystery of the medieval church through statues, glass and relics, France’s Chartres Cathedral, just an hour from Paris by train, is ideal. The towering Gothic ...