FranceCentreChartres48°27’22” N 1°29’12” E
September 24, 2022 in France ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Heute morgen um 5 Uhr 30 saß Rita bereits am Steuer, und es ging zügig in Richtung Chartres. Dort angekommen, besuchten wir die beeindruckende Kathedrale. Zurück am Parkplatz entdeckten wir amRead more
FranceCentreChartresChartres Cathedral48°26’51” N 1°29’16” E September 13, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Nach einer reibungslosen Fahrt durch den Jura und das Burgund sind wir um 6 am ersten Etappenziel Chartres eingetroffen. Mit dem Velo die Stadt erkundet und uns die Kathedrale angesehen. Auf dasRead more
FranceCentreChartresChartres Cathedral48°26’48” N 1°29’18” E June 30, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Today we headed back to Paris and the end of our Insight tour of France.
On the way, we stopped at
Chartres, which has what is regarded as Europe’s best example of a pure Gothic cathedral -Read more
Incredible history you both are seeing- as much as I dislike the hypocritical French their architecture is something to be admired- their influence is World wide- the early engineering in so many ways is beyond belief - graeme [Graeme Maher]
FranceCentreChartres48°26’53” N 1°29’34” E
March 15 in France ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Mit Chartres bin ich seit über 15 Jahren durch das Labyrinth verbunden. Es ist „mein“ Symbol und steht für den Lebensweg geprägt von Schatten und Licht mit Möglichkeiten zur Wandlung. 🌀
NurRead more
Ihr Lieben, dieses Symbol mal so auf dem Foto im Raum der Kirche zu sehen, fantastisch….Und über die Irrungen und Wirrungen und guten Wege im Leben haben wir oft gesprochen, wenn mal irgendwas in der Familie nicht so lief, wie ich es mir wünschte 😅…. [Susanne]
FranceCentreChartres48°26’50” N 1°29’6” E
September 27, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
On the inside one is struck by the mainly blue stained glass windows which have survived since the 12thC.
Also by the clean-up of the soot coated limestone, which can be seen in the before shot of theRead more
FranceCentreChartres48°26’48” N 1°29’11” E
September 21, 2019 in France ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
As cathedrals go this one rates pretty well on the Douglas' cathedral rating scheme. It was free (big one), they provided a bit of interesting background (but not too much), beautiful windows not tooRead more
FranceCentreChartres48°26’37” N 1°29’33” E
September 21, 2019 in France ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Another cathedral - or just an old church? Just an old church of would seem. Why you would build an enormous church here when there was an even more enormous cathedral just up the hill is beyond ourRead more
FranceCentreChartres48°26’50” N 1°29’6” E
September 27, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
OK so there is one other reason to visit Chartres: Notre-Dame de Chartres. The cathedral is UNESCO World Heritage listed rightly because it is a well preserved example of High Gothic styleRead more
FranceCentreChartres48°26’50” N 1°29’6” E
September 27, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The trend nowadays is to vegetarianism and an up-to-date town council doesn't declare itself to be a 'Nuclear Free Zone' but a 'Beef Free Zone'.
Or maybe its just that this has been and continues toRead more
FranceCentreChartres48°26’7” N 1°29’56” E
You might also know this place by the following names:
Chartres, ሻርትረ, Şartr, Горад Шартр, Шартър, Chartrez, Σαρτρ, شارتر, שארטר, Շարտր, QTJ, シャルトル, შარტრი, 샤르트르, Carnotes, Šartras, Šartra, 28000, Шартр, ชาทร์, 沙特尔
Traveler Hui, das ging ja schon abenteuerlich los! Gute Zeit euch und liebe Grüße von uns Beiden!
Traveler Möge dies die einzige Panne bleiben. Alles Gute und Liebe. Gisela
Traveler Gute Reise ihr zwei 🍀🍀