Chartres Cathedral
About an hour and a half from the campsite, Chartres Cathedral is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO but is also classified as a historical monument.
Building started in 1145 and it was rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art.
Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid 12th-century sculptures and its shimmering 12th- and 13th-century stained-glass windows make it an exceptional and remarkably well-preserved masterpiece.
Visit the official Chartres Cathedral website
