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 ...

However, Calvel will not paint the exterior, saying, “If we tried to do that on the outside I would be hanged. ... Save Chartres Cathedral has 573 supporters and counting.

The towering Gothic cathedral somehow captures the spirit of the 13th century — the so-called Age of Faith — in the 21st century.

NPR's Sara Chayes reports on Malcom Miller, an Englishman who has made his life's work to learn, and tell, the history of France's Chartres Cathedral. Since the 1950's, Miller has given tours of ...

The 43rd annual Paris-Chartres pilgrimage concluded on Monday with a solemn high Mass at Chartres Cathedral, marking the end of a record-breaking three-day journey that drew 19,000 participants ...

The nave inside the cathedral in Chartres. (Photo: Solène Tadié) The phenomenon aligns with a broader trend of religious renewal in France. Already in 2025, ...

Chartres Cathedral presents outstanding authenticity, both through its structure and its decor, notably the portals and their sculptured decoration having undergone little alteration, and the ...

A visit to Chartres Cathedral, located about 80 kilometres from Paris, can be a confounding experience. The contrasting spires are impressive. So are those soaring stone buttresses.

The controversial restoration of the interiors of a sacrosanct cathedral elicits a call to action. Among modern architects, Chartres Cathedral, largely built in the first half of the 13th century, ...