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In an elevated position in the center of the city of Chartres stands the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, one of the finest and best preserved Gothic buildings in France, with a three-aisled nave, transepts, a five-aisled choir and a ring of chapels round the ambulatory. After a series of devastating fires (743, 858, 1020, 1194), the original church, which is believed to have occupied the site of a Gallo-Roman temple, was almost completely rebuilt in its present form between 1195 and 1220 and consecrated in 1260. The west front, built about 1140-1160 in the severe style of Early Gothic, survived the 1194 fire, and is flanked by two fine towers of differing height and form. The south tower (Clocher Vieux), a superb example of the purest Gothic
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Hobbies & Activities category: Stained glass of note; Architecture - Gothic; Towers, monuments, observation deck; Christian sites; Architecture - Renaissance; Scenic site or route; UNESCO World Heritage Site
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