I visited Chartres this afternoon and was fascinated by the cathedral. Like many French cathedrals, it fills a huge space in the town, but is dominated by the crush of buildings around it. There is one place at the front of the cathedral where a full frontal picture can be taken.
Once inside there’s some fascinating and beautiful work, although I still think St Eustache is the most impressive cathedral I’ve been in in France.
Here’s the gallery of images from Chartres which opens in a new window. Your browser may ask you to allow active content so the script can run. This is just javascript for the slideshow and the flash in the gallery, and should not cause any problems with your computer at all. I will be adding at a later date a link to a pure html gallery.