Chartres Cathedral
A Gothic cathedral about 80 kilometres southwest of Paris, mostly built between 1194 and 1220 and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It keeps most of its original medieval stained glass, famous for its deep blue, and a labyrinth laid into the floor of the nave.
- Where
- Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.4478, 1.4878
Get the Chartres Cathedral stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chartres Cathedral. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Centre-Val de Loire volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chartres Cathedral
Palace of Versailles 61 km
The principal residence of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI, southwest of Paris. Its Hall of Mirrors, gilded state rooms and vast formal gardens set the model for royal palaces across Europe.
Monet's House and Gardens 70 km
The house in Giverny where Claude Monet lived and painted for 43 years, with the gardens he spent years planting. Across the lane lies the water garden with its Japanese bridge and the lily pond he painted again and again.
Bois de Boulogne 73 km
A large public park on the western edge of Paris, given to the city by Napoleon III in 1852. It has lakes for rowing, woodland paths, the rose garden of Bagatelle and the racecourses of Longchamp and Auteuil.
Grande Arche 74 km
A hollow cube of an arch in the business district of La Défense, finished in 1989 for the bicentenary of the French Revolution. It lines up with the Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre along the city's historic axis, and is large enough that Notre-Dame could sit inside.
Louis Vuitton Foundation 74 km
An art museum and cultural centre at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, sponsored by LVMH. Its building by Frank Gehry is wrapped in great curved sails of glass, and it shows modern and contemporary art in changing exhibitions.
Palais de Chaillot 75 km
Two curving wings on Chaillot Hill, built for the 1937 World's Fair and now home to museums and a theatre. The terrace between them, at the Trocadéro, gives the classic view across the Seine to the Eiffel Tower.
Eiffel Tower 75 km
A wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars, built by Gustave Eiffel's company between 1887 and 1889 for the World's Fair. Meant to stand for only twenty years, it became the outline of Paris itself, and its top floor looks out over the whole city and the Seine.
Musée du Quai Branly 75 km
A museum by Jean Nouvel devoted to the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Of its more than a million objects about 3,500 are on show at any time, and one of its outer walls is a living garden of plants beside the Seine.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Centre-Val de Loire
Questions
Where is Chartres Cathedral?
Chartres Cathedral is in Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Palace of Versailles (61 km), Monet's House and Gardens (70 km), Bois de Boulogne (73 km).
How do I get the Chartres Cathedral stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chartres Cathedral and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Centre-Val de Loire volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chartres Cathedral before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Centre-Val de Loire volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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