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 ...

At the entrance of Chartres Cathedral, a Unesco World Heritage site some 100 kilometers southwest of Paris, Mary depicted as the Seat of Wisdom is surrounded by many symbols of the liberal arts ...

A cathedral of some kind has stood on this site since Roman times, and it became a pilgrimage site in 876 A.D., when it acquired a sacred relic, believed to be a shard of the Virgin Mary's Veil.