The towering Gothic cathedral somehow captures the spirit of the 13th century — the so-called Age of Faith — in the 21st century.

For a chance to experience the mystery of the medieval church through statues, glass and relics, France’s Chartres Cathedral, just an hour from Paris by train, is ideal. The towering Gothic ...

On Tuesday 13 May at 8.15pm, at Burgess Hill, respected ‘rebel historian’ Geoff Stray will be digging into the mysteries and literal cover-ups surrounding the remarkable centuries-old ...

The people of Chartres worked like mad to erect this grand cathedral, gift-bearing pilgrims came as never before and the church we see today was completed in 70 years.

In the “book of Chartres,” as some nickname the church, the text is the sculpture and windows, and its binding is the architecture.

When an earlier church burned down in 1194, Chartres Cathedral was rebuilt so quickly and lavishly that it gained a much-appreciated unity of architecture, statuary, and stained glass ...