Pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres this Pentecost weekend will have a record 19,000 pilgrims with 2,000 more on a waiting list ...

Organized by the French Notre-Dame de Chrétienté association, the three-day walking journey is set to take place this year ...

Religious sites in France aren’t just places of worship—they’re architectural and cultural icons, filled with centuries-old artistry and history. From grand cathedrals to intimate chapels, each site ...

The nave inside the cathedral in Chartres.(Photo: Solène Tadié) The phenomenon aligns with a broader trend of religious renewal in France. Already in 2025, a record number of catechumens were ...

At the very least the castle was a symbol of Norman power, and also has the interesting property of being exactly midway between the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt and the Cathedral at Chartres in ...

At first glance, it seemed to replicate the traditional Christian pavement labyrinth, the most famous example of which is found in the nave of Chartres Cathedral. Medieval labyrinths of this kind ...

Built atop earlier structures, the Basilica (Church of the Trinity) features a nave, aisles, a sanctuary with an altar ... stained glass windows crafted in Lebanon in the style of Chartres Cathedral, ...

“Covering the roof structures of the nave, the choir and two arms of ... This was the case for the Chartres cathedral, destroyed by a fire in 1836. The original structure had lead roofing ...

Gorgelin was leading the reconstruction of the cathedral with a firm and commanding ... language to the faded chapels lining the nave, the president would like to leave "a memorial trace." ...

This innovation "spread to other buildings like Chartres, Bourges ... Inrap archaeologists excavated the nave of Notre-Dame Cathedral to recover all the collapsed materials (beams, stones ...

Such spaces transform us because they transcend. For thousands of years, architecture has done this: the massive presence of the Great Pyramid; the nave of Chartres Cathedral; the sanctuary of the ...