Download Interior Notre Dame Chartres Cathedral Background. Their height, interior space and great expanses of stained glass windows were enabled by the technological advance of flying buttresses, which shifted the burden of weight to the outside of the building rather than relying on the walls. 130 m) length of the west front :
Their height, interior space and great expanses of stained glass windows were enabled by the technological advance of flying buttresses, which shifted the burden of weight to the outside of the building rather than relying on the walls. And of course before that revolution in 1830, napoleon had been crowned here as emperor of france, and so there really is this powerful, historical tradition that begins in the medieval world, but goes right up to the modern. The west front survived a fire, as did the miraculous tunic of the virgin.
The restoration process hasn't gone according to plan.
Chartres cathedral, also known as the cathedral of our lady of chartres (french: 92 m • length, choir : Chartres cathedral, also known as the cathedral of our lady of chartres, is a medieval catholic cathedral of the latin church located in the medieval town of chartres about 80 kilometers southwest of paris. As can be seen here, it dominates the town.