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Chartres Cathedral - (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres).

ichuly 01.03.12 в 18:27

Chartes Cathedral, devoted to the Mother Of God, - is a monument of Gothic architecture and Christian medieval culture.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 18:36

The construction of the temple, which adorns the city Chartres (83km from Paris), was begun in 1194 on the place where the Cathedral of the same name was burnt (the best-preserved was only towers, facade, porch and crypt).

ichuly 01.03.12 в 18:40

The residents of the city gathered necessary means for the reconstruction of the cathedral and participated in it.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 18:43

The backbone of the edifice was built in 1220, with the portal and the Old Royal crypt, escaped destruction of the fire, organically incorporated into the new cathedral.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 18:48

In 1260 it was consecrated by King Louis IX.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 18:50

In its constructional plan the cathedral is a cross with three naves.

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The length of the central nave is 130,2m, weight 16,4m, height 37m.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 19:15

It has three facades, each of them have, in its turn, - three portals.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 19:39

There's no analogous decision in any gothic cathedral.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 19:40

The labirynth (261,5m), which the faithful crawled on their knees, was constructed in one of the naves.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 20:30

Outside the temple draws attention two absolutely various towers.

(анонимно) 01.03.12 в 18:56

Outside the temple attracts the attention of two completely different towers.

(анонимно) 01.03.12 в 18:59

The nothern tower is crowned with the spire (spill) in the form of pyramid (the 40s of the XII century) with the height of 105m (architect Jan Teksie).

ichuly 01.03.12 в 20:33

The spike of a southern tower is erected in the beginning of XVI century in Gothic style.

(анонимно) 01.03.12 в 18:55

Tower height 113м.

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It is the highest belfry, built in the Romanesque style.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 20:34

The temple has a large number (176 pieces) of coloured stained glass (the area of which is about 2500 square metres).

ichuly 01.03.12 в 20:36

They are not very bright on the outside, but on the inside they are iridescent under the solar rays.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 20:38

Internal as well as external decoration of the cathedral is rich in its sculptural constructions (over 10 000 pieces).

ichuly 01.03.12 в 20:40

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mak3mera5ta 02.03.12 в 13:20

The precious relic "The Protecting Veil [Intercession] of the Mother of God" (presented by Charles II, the Bald) is kept in the cathedral since 876.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 20:46

There is a legend that exactly this Veil was on the Mother of God when she gave birth to (the) Jesus Christ.

ichuly 01.03.12 в 20:48

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mak3mera5ta 02.03.12 в 13:20