Interior detail of The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres in France


The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), located in Chartres, about 80 km from Paris, is considered one of the finest examples in all France of the Gothic style of architecture. According to legend, since 876 the Cathedral's site has housed a tunic that was said to have belonged to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sancta Camisia.


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Location: Chartres, Eure-et-Loire, France
Photo credit: © David Jones / Alamy / Afripics
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