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  1. 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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  2. Scholars say that stained glass performed a didactic function: the peasants were illiterate in Medieval times and the clergy would use these colourful pictures in the windows to enhance their telling of Bible stories. But in a place like Chartres cathedral, the transporting ability of sunlight, colour, and glass take...

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