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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