To cleanse the interior of candle and oil grime, ... Save Chartres Cathedral has 573 supporters and counting. The petition can be signed here. Cathedrals Restoration UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The controversial restoration of the interiors of a sacrosanct cathedral elicits a call to action. Among modern architects, Chartres Cathedral, largely built in the first half of the 13th century, ...

The Chartres Cathedral in France has long been a crowd favorite, ... According to author Stefan Evans, the restoration has made the cathedral’s interior look like it was built just yesterday.

Rick Steves' Europe. Chartres, France: Pure Gothic Cathedral. Clip: Season 8 Episode 804 | 2m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A great side trip from Paris is the city of Chartres — and its ...

The effect is startling – turning the sombre interior of Chartres into something bright and etherial. It is also, according to some, mostly British and American lovers of Gothic architecture, a ...

Despite minimal evidence of the cathedral's original interior color scheme, and despite the fact that this color scheme has been forgotten for well over five hundred years, the French Ministry of ...

A few days ago, I found myself on the steps of Sacré-Cœur at 6am as it opened its doors to Paris's earliest worshippers, the breathtakingly silent candle-lit interior a world away from the ...