Chartres

5Chartres is located in  the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region

From Paris is 1h by train. 

Memorial of the Eure et our soldiers died in 1870, the France – Prussian conflicts

The broken sword.

 

Part of the chemin de mémoire’ .

Half timbered staircare from the 16th century for the Queen Berthe.

 

Widow of the count of Chartres, married with king Robert the Pious. 

Chartres is located in  the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region

 

From Paris is 1h by train. 

Chartres is famous worldwide for its cathedral. Mostly constructed between 1193 and 1250, this Gothic cathedral is in an exceptional state of preservation.

 

The Maison Picassiette is an example of naïve architecture made up of earthenware and glass mosaics cast in cement.

The house was built by one man, Raymond Isidore. 

Les Samourais

Saint Fulbert

Statues assises.

 

Monument to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. 

Library

‘méd’IAthèque l’Apostrophe’ 

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a Catholic  church and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. 

Build between 1194 and 1220

Gallery of Chartres.

The old chapel of Sainte Foy

Maison du Saumon

Half timbered houses from the 16th century. 

 

Nowadays it houses the Tourist Offices 

The market. 

Obelisk François Marceau. 

Fresco’Chartres en scène’. 

The Eure river. 

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