Text: Noted for innovations in architectural
construction and large number of sculptures and stained
glass windows. The present cathedral was constructed
on the foundations of the earlier church; the oldest
parts of the cathedral are the crypt and Royal Portal
(West Portal), remnants of a Romanesque church destroyed
by fire in 1194.
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Citation: Fletcher, History of Architecture
(1987) Page: 394 ff.
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Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, Centre region, France)