For a chance to experience the mystery of the medieval church through statues, glass and relics, France’s Chartres Cathedral, just an hour from Paris by train, is ideal. The towering Gothic ...

Pilgrims are greeted by the steeples in the distance and impeccable stained glass when inside Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral in France. (Photo: Courtesy photo) The particular appeal of Chartres ...

And with Gothic, light pours through stained glass, turning dark stone buildings into colorful lanterns of light. ♪ Chartres Cathedral is beloved for both its stained glass and statues ...

(Courtesy: Olga Satina; Oksana Kondratyeva) Stained glass is the most “physical” of all art forms. If you’ve ever been inside Chartres Cathedral in France or York Minster in the UK, you’ll know how ...

Finally, Chartres Cathedral has almost totally conserved its homogeneous decor of stained-glass windows executed between approximately 1210 and 1250. To this must be added the three stained-glass ...