L'horloge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZZTDdUbeXNY7FKVTxG7Be4t8g1kEia9Q-Mg0dkIQRj1cbI3c7cg7JgVbezBhhwvFwVIkxpkYylJwhA1LKlnlNlbvO0SrtAA3EuSTHof0TaUjcN2UHTVHX3UHzuZLXIX3Gc5EIxPdIoc/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZZTDdUbeXNY7FKVTxG7Be4t8g1kEia9Q-Mg0dkIQRj1cbI3c7cg7JgVbezBhhwvFwVIkxpkYylJwhA1LKlnlNlbvO0SrtAA3EuSTHof0TaUjcN2UHTVHX3UHzuZLXIX3Gc5EIxPdIoc/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0060.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Built between 1194 and 1250, Chartres Cathedral is one of the finest examples of</div><div style="text-align: center;">French Gothic architecture.  The 12th century structure is at least the fifth to occupy the</div><div style="text-align: center;">site since the fourth century.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Having read much about World War II in recent years,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it is interesting to know that the magnificent windows seen still today </div><div style="text-align: center;">were removed in 1939 before the Germans advanced.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The glass was cleaned and releaded before </div><div style="text-align: center;">being returned to their original placement.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chartres is only fifty miles outside of Paris </div><div style="text-align: center;">and worth a day trip to see this cathedral and two other churches.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The old town is charming and a step back in time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16 cloitre Notre-Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">28000 Chartres </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chartres, France</span></i></div>

L'horloge

Built between 1194 and 1250, Chartres Cathedral is one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture.  The 12th century structure is ...

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Chartres Cathedral

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEdm1n69Bd9XOoLX3NNrQSu5AnF1REVIB2QMfxYz2qqupH7OZzlSjBFqMoiNaBHj7KIBioNWKzCgDuLYOcYkF_NF0RwQoAPTXbWUHaKPk3fqrmwMbSY3Uhxj-2EWg8S7e8zb1j4LrOz8/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEdm1n69Bd9XOoLX3NNrQSu5AnF1REVIB2QMfxYz2qqupH7OZzlSjBFqMoiNaBHj7KIBioNWKzCgDuLYOcYkF_NF0RwQoAPTXbWUHaKPk3fqrmwMbSY3Uhxj-2EWg8S7e8zb1j4LrOz8/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0123.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen through a window as Marie and I climbed the many steps </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the top of the bell tower, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the interior of Chartres Cathedral </div><div style="text-align: center;">appears to be a blended neutral color.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The major renovations and makeover </div><div style="text-align: center;">of this eight hundred year old cathedral have created a stir.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I look forward to checking them out myself </div><div style="text-align: center;">before passing judgment, but you can <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/dec/14/scandalous-makeover-chartres/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR+Eric+Garner+Chartres+Iron+Age&utm_content=NYR+Eric+Garner+Chartres+Iron+Age+CID_57d8f4319bbe76afa176360a3cbb2ce4&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=A%20Scandalous%20Makeover%20at%20Chartres%20Cathedral" target="_blank">read about it here</a>.*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Notre Dame de Chartres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chartres, France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*Thanks to traveling friend, Mary G, for the link</div>

Chartres Cathedral

Seen through a window as Marie and I climbed the many steps  to the top of the bell tower,  the interior of Chartres Cathedral  appears to b...

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Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres - un détail

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9866390833/" title="2011 April 15 day 4 DSC_0146 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 April 15 day 4 DSC_0146" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/9866390833_2cb446f952_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Chartres Cathedral</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">12th Century Gothic </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The 300 narrow, winding steps to the bell tower </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">reward the adventurous climber with a quiet and lofty view of Chartres </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as well as intricate details.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The cathedral artisans carved images of beasts and flowers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in places where they would not be easily seen by anyone but God. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Chartres, France</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(an easy day-trip from Paris by train)</em></span></div>

Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres - un détail

Chartres Cathedral 12th Century Gothic The 300 narrow, winding steps to the bell tower  reward the adventurous climber with a quiet and loft...

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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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