Chartres Cathedral, the Loire Valley, France. July 2013 Begun in 1020, the Romanesque Cathedral was destoyed in 1194.

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Chartres Cathedral, the Loire Valley, France. July 2013 Begun in 1020, the Romanesque Cathedral was destoyed in 1194. The rebuild took only 25 years and the Gothic Cathdral has remained largely untouched since 1250, unscathed by the Wars of Religion and the French Revolution.

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Size: 2832px × 4256px
Location: Chartres, France
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: cathedral, chartres, church, eure, france, french, gothic, loir, loire, religion, romanesque, summer, unesco, view, wide