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Historic Architecture in France

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The image shows the interior of a Gothic cathedral featuring large clustered columns, high arched stained-glass windows, and stone flooring, with a caption identifying it as "Inside Chartres Cathedral" shot on 35mm film in 2002.

Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire

Chartres Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres)

UNESCO Gothic landmark with 12th-century stained glass

Free

The former bishop's palace in Chartres that houses the Musée des Beaux-Arts

Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire

Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des Beaux-Arts)

Fine arts museum in the former bishop's palace
A close-up of a stone door lintel with the carved initials "C B" and "M" flanking a cross and the date "1623", set within a pink stucco archway above a green door.

Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire

Old Town (Vieille Ville)

UNESCO Gothic cathedral with famous blue stained glass
The Chapelle Saint-Piat, home of the Chartres cathedral treasury, with the cathedral rising behind it

Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire

Museum of the Treasury (Trésor de la Cathédrale)

14th-century frescoes and relics in a historic chapel

Free

The long Gothic flank of the Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres, the former abbey church of Saint-Père-en-Vallée, with its flying buttresses and spire

Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire

Abbey of Saint-Père-en-Vallée

7th-century abbey with a 10th-century bell tower

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