An exceptional heritage

With its medieval splendour, the cathedral is quickly the focus of everyone’s attention. The heart of the old town beats in the shade of its flying buttresses. Ancient gabled houses line higgledy-piggledy little streets with delightful names, and stairways tumble down towards the lower town, the reflection of which is clearly visible in the waters of the Eure...
The lively hum of the market stalls, the charm of a little hump-backed bridge straddling the river, the elegance of the houses’ façades, the sparkle of the stained-glass windows in an ancient church, the wealth of the museums with their 1,000 treasures, the magic of a concert which inflames the town, the passion of a skilled craftsman, the freshness of a terrace near a water mill... Chartres likes being surprised...

Guided visits of the Cathedral

Sublime pinnacle of gothic art, the cathedral boasts 9 sculpted gates (4,000 statues), unique in France, and 2,600 m² of stained glass windows (5,000 figures) dating {...}

Place de la Cathédrale
28000 Chartres
Tél. +33(0)2 37 21 75 02

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Fine Arts Museum

Located in the former bishop's palace, it houses rich collections of old and modern art all year round, including works by Zurbaran, Chardin, Vlaminck and Soutine, {...}

29, cloître Notre-Dame
28000 Chartres
Tél. +33(0)2 37 90 45 80

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Saint-Brice Church

Former monastic church of Saint-Martin-au Val (11th and 12th century: its elevated choir covers a crypt (with 4 tombs of bishops of Chartres dead in the 6th century).
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Place Saint-Brice
28000 Chartres

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International Center of Stained-Glass Windows

50m from the cathedral, this unique Centre, housed in the former ''Grange aux Dîmes'' - a listed Medieval storehouse - was founded in 1980. It reveals the secrets {...}

5, rue du Cardinal Pie
28000 Chartres
Tél. +33 (0)2 37 21 65 72

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Climbing of the north tower

Visit the North Tower of the Cathedral: view the area around Chartres, discovered this jewel of Gothic. Exhibitions. Guided tours of the upper parts: windows, buttresses, {...}

Place de la Cathédrale
28000 Chartres
Tél. +33(0)2 37 21 22 07

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Agriculture Museum: COMPA

This is the largest museum in France dedicated to Agriculture. It is housed in a former steam locomotive rotunda and explains past and present rural practices in {...}

Pont de Mainvilliers
28000 Chartres
Tél. +33 (0)2 37 84 15 00

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Saint-Pierre Church

This former abbey church (eleventh-thirteenth centuries) is on of the finest gothic masterpieces. Very well preserved, its fourtheenth century stained glass windows {...}

Place Saint-Pierre
28000 Chartres

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Crypt of the Cathedral

In the twelfth century after a fire, Bishop Fulbert built a building of extraordinary dimensions of time. In this cathedral, it remains today above the crypt, crypt {...}

24 Cloître Notre Dame
28000 Chartres
Tél. +33(0)2 37 21 75 02

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Prehistory and Natural History Museum

Zoology (more than 200 specimens), botanic, local geology, mineralogy, palaeontology, local prehistory and entomology collections.

5 bis boulevard de la Courtille
28000 Chartres
Tél. 02 37 88 43 86

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House Picassiette

An extraordinary example of naïve art, this house – a strange, colourful,glittering mosaic –was completely decorated – inside and out - by itsowner, Raymond {...}

22, rue du Repos
28000 Chartres
Tél. +33(0)2 37 34 10 78 - Outside opening hours: contact the Museum of Fine Arts at +33 (0)2 37 90 45 80

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