Chartres
French cathedral city
Chartres is a city in northern France, about fifty miles southwest of Paris.
It is famous for its medieval cathedral, one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture, known for its stained glass windows and flying buttresses.
We stopped in Chartres to see the cathedral.
Medieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- naveChurch's main interior
- spireTapering architectural peak
- transeptChurch's lateral wing
- apseVaulted church recess
choir · altar · vault · clerestory · crypt · labyrinth · ambulatory · pinnacle
Western European republic
- ParisFrance's chief city
- LoireFrance's principal western river
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- oldtownCity's original settled area
marketplace · wheat · plains · province · pilgrimage · heritage · tourism · UNESCO
Decorative branching stonework
- ogivePointed arch form
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- finialDecorative top element
- clerestoryElevated fenestrated church wall
gargoyle · verticality · stonework · masonry · sculpture · portal · tympanum · archivolt
Religious journey-taker
- shrineSacred devotional place
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- VirginIslander or brand name
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
veneration · sacred · sanctuary · journey · faith · penance · prayer · meditation
Small surgical knife
- medallionLarge decorative disk pendant
- leadedContaining heavy metal strips
- glazierWindow installer by trade
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
translucent · iconography · biblical · narrative · craftsmanship · restoration · medieval · panes
Puzzle of passages
- pathRoute for traveling
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- journeyTravel from place to place
walking · center · circuits · geometric · pavement · rosette · spiritual · introspection
Inherited cultural legacy
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- stonemasonsWorkers who cut rock
craftsmen · scriptorium · manuscripts · illuminated · tapestries · relics · antiquity · conservation
Notre-Dame
Medieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
apse · choir · altar · vault · clerestory · crypt · labyrinth · ambulatory · pinnacle · gargoyle
France
Western European republic
oldtown · marketplace · wheat · plains · province · pilgrimage · heritage · tourism · UNESCO
tracery
Decorative branching stonework
clerestory · gargoyle · verticality · stonework · masonry · sculpture · portal · tympanum · archivolt · jamb
pilgrim
Religious journey-taker
devotion · veneration · sacred · sanctuary · journey · faith · penance · prayer · meditation · peregrination
lancet
Small surgical knife
- medallionLarge decorative disk pendant
- leadedContaining heavy metal strips
- glazierWindow installer by trade
luminosity · translucent · iconography · biblical · narrative · craftsmanship · restoration · medieval · panes · light
maze
Puzzle of passages
- pathRoute for traveling
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
journey · walking · center · circuits · geometric · pavement · rosette · spiritual · introspection · circuitous
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
stonemasons · craftsmen · scriptorium · manuscripts · illuminated · tapestries · relics · antiquity · conservation · archaeology
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- FranceParis, Notre-Dame, Lyon, croissant, Toulouse
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- French PlacesNormandy, Brittany, Alsace, Lorraine, Picardy
- Cathedral Artrose window, flying buttress, gargoyle, altarpiece, pointed arch
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Dubai · Brasília · iconoclasm · strip mall · parking lot
ChartresParis
France's chief city
Tokyo · New York City · Shanghai · Los Angeles · São Paulo
ChartresParthenon
Ancient Greek hilltop temple
Pantheon · Sagrada Família · St. Peter's Basilica · Hagia Sophia · Egyptian pyramids
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