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Comments on Gigapan: Chartres Cathedral, North Portal, Chartres, France

  2. Recently cleaned of several centuries of grime, the North Portal was constructed between 1210 and 1220. The overall Cathedral building project itself somehow survived a catastrophic fire in 1194 while the Cathedral was under construction (the Cathedral was begun in 1134 and finished almost 130 years later in 1260 --- ...

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  1. Wayne Mott

    Wayne Mott (February 25, 2010, 05:56PM )

    Nice photo of the North Portal of Chartres Cathedral. It was built a little later than the West Portal, starting after the fire of 1194. The oldest stained glass that is mentioned is in the 3 lancet windows above the west portal dating from around 1150.