Notre Dame de Chartres - la tour nord

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkV6CJbPR6rAfEvfzEL6se5B3HAHf0AiQtJpp0i3rw1_jEny_GFm_91R7YqMWOzLg4pwxcWHma4Y3DcwpK0qRVpWFnUR5dK9MogTdRH3DvwVIi6QU9Sk-wHvifMQQmOvp0Mr-pNfU-vw/s1600/2011+april+day+4+DSC_0136+-+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkV6CJbPR6rAfEvfzEL6se5B3HAHf0AiQtJpp0i3rw1_jEny_GFm_91R7YqMWOzLg4pwxcWHma4Y3DcwpK0qRVpWFnUR5dK9MogTdRH3DvwVIi6QU9Sk-wHvifMQQmOvp0Mr-pNfU-vw/s640/2011+april+day+4+DSC_0136+-+b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Notre Dame de Chartres, commonly known as Chartres Cathedral, is an architectural treasure as well as a destination for pilgrims for over a thousand years.  I have posted previously <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/07/labyrinth-of-chartres-cathedral.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>, <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/10/cathedral-of-our-lady-of-chartres.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong>here</strong></span></a> and <strong><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/11/malcolm-miller-chartres-cathedral.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">here</span></a></strong>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This photo was taken as friend Marie and I ascended the narrow, worn steps in the Jehan de Beauce tower.  We walked round and round seeing few others in the tight spiral leading to the very top, a rather small perch from which to view all of Chartres.  This shot is a portion of the buttresses and the 19th century iron roof.  Each rotation on our way to the top provided a vignette beyond the stone windows including gargoyles and other carvings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you are in Paris this easy day trip is worth the visit.  Currently the interior is undergoing a major restoration and there may be portions inaccessible to visitors.  The labyrinth has been restored and is open.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Notre Dame de Chartres</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Chartres, France</em></span>

Notre Dame de Chartres - la tour nord

Notre Dame de Chartres, commonly known as Chartres Cathedral, is an architectural treasure as well as a destination for pilgrims for over a ...

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The Labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9AhmEDjJqJou9FA3GVsfsiNqZjIIhZExKV1Lqq2P6B3rESxoQRhkkqWOO2J5AktV78tQRqGAsLLzLvJCyXmw_7hCpC1cUYGIHpYsSM8EE03cimBLzd-DAamM-aysT958-9yehjIACX4/s1600/2011+april+4+DSC_0120.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627548585130643826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9AhmEDjJqJou9FA3GVsfsiNqZjIIhZExKV1Lqq2P6B3rESxoQRhkkqWOO2J5AktV78tQRqGAsLLzLvJCyXmw_7hCpC1cUYGIHpYsSM8EE03cimBLzd-DAamM-aysT958-9yehjIACX4/s640/2011+april+4+DSC_0120.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The </span><a href="http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/svp/st_org/pdp/chartres.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral</strong> </span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">was laid out in the nave of the cathedral in the early 13th Century as the church was being built. This <em>chemin du paradis</em> is walked even today as it was centuries ago, slowly and prayerfully, by pilgrims. On this day there were people of all ages, some with bare feet and some in shoes. Many walk the 260 meters on their knees as was the practice in the Middle Ages.<br /><br />With several hundred people in the cathedral, the labyrinth was silent... a sight one does not soon forget.<br /><br /></span>Bon dimanche<br /></span><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres_Cathedral"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres<br /></span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Chartres, France</span>

The Labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral

The labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral was laid out in the nave of the cathedral in the early 13th Century as the church was being built. This...

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