As Malcolm explains, the windows on the cathedral’s darker north ... Read Chartres’ windows in the medieval style: from bottom to top. A window near the entrance to the tower tells the story ...

on the north, the Glorification of the Virgin; on the south, the Glorification of Christ. Criterion (i): Built fairly rapidly and in nearly one stride, Chartres Cathedral, owing to the unity of its ...

The Chartres Cathedral in France has long been ... And many architectural nuances — for instance, the fact the north tower was constructed in the 16th century in a different style from the ...

Griffith searched the cathedral and climbed the bell tower. He found no Germans ... Griffith then headed to Lèves, a small town just north of Chartres. He spotted a German machine gun nest ...

but he knows Chartres` greatness is not diminished by a bit of fun, too. In explaining the organization of windows at the cathedral, he told the Wheaton audience that many windows on the north ...

I’m looking forward to a return trip to the cathedral in Chartres, one of the great buildings ... assumption that the Germans were using the tower to locate the Allied forces.

Notre Dame of Chartres Cathedral ... intent behind the cathedral’s design. “We want to give meaning back to the chapels, from the crypt to the upper cathedral, from north to south, from ...

on the north, the Glorification of the Virgin; on the south, the Glorification of Christ. Criterion (i): Built fairly rapidly and in nearly one stride, Chartres Cathedral, owing to the unity of its ...

Two pointed, pale grey Gothic towers pierce the air on either side of the magnificent rose window on the western side of Chartres Cathedral, and 152 beautiful stained glass windows, notable for ...