Amid the tumultuous news of a papal resignation, here is a reminder of the permanent things: Peter Hitchens’s luminous meditation on a pilgrimage to the Chartres Cathedral. Excerpts: The ...

Visit the homepage for more information. In 1194 a fire destroyed Chartres' earlier Cathedral. Of the twelfth-century windows that survived, only this figure of Mary and the large windows at the west ...

You would expect me to say that my favorite church, aesthetically, is Our Lady’s cathedral at Chartres, and you would be right, more or less. But that’s too easy. Same with the Hagia Sophia ...

With the exception of the Romanesque lancets of the west facade and the window of Notre-Dame de la Belle Verrière reset in the south choir, most of the glazing of the 176 windows was accomplished ...

Another top Rick Steves pick is Chartres in Lights, a city-wide sound and light show in which the cathedral's facade and other historic buildings and bridges around town are spectacularly ...

The public will enter the Cathedral at the corner of Chartres and St. Ann streets. Law enforcement officials are asking the public to limit the amount of personal items and bag size. They are also ...

Roche, who has made a name for himself with his work on iconic religious sites like Chartres cathedral in recent years, is ...

It was then given to the Emperor Charlemagne in 876 AD by the Byzantine Empress Irene, and is now kept in the cathedral in Chartres in France. Officials say the piece given to St Peter's was ...