Chartres Cathedral

General Information

Location:	Chartres, Eure-et-Loir (28), Centre-Val de Loire, France
Coordinates:	48° 26' 52.49" N 1° 29' 16.59" E

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1020	Construction of the crypt following a fire.
1134 - 1155	Construction of the western façade after a fire destroyed the existing one.
1155	Three stained glass windows in the west façade completed.
1194 - 1221	Fire destroys the remainder of the original cathedral. Except for the crypt and west façade everything is rebuilt.
1240	Completion of the stained glass windows.
1260	Consecration.

Renovation

Architecture

Kimpel, Dieter / Suckale, Robert (1990): L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270. Flammarion, Paris (France), pp. 575.
Stoddard, Whitney S. (1972): Art & Architecture in Medieval France. Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries. Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA), pp. 172-190.
Chastel, André (1993): L'art français (tome 1). Pré-moyen âge - Moyen âge. Flammarion, Paris (France), pp. 368.
Branner, Robert (1996): Chartres Cathedral. Illustrations, Introductory Essay, Documents, Analysis, Criticism. W.W. Norton & Company.
Kurmann-Schwarz, Peter / Kurmann-Schwarz, Brigitte (2001): Chartres, la cathédrale. Editions Zodiaque, Saint-Léger-Vauban (France), pp. ca. 250.