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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/nikonpaul/">D200-PAUL</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonpaul/55184710703/" title="Panorama 2 of the Choir Screen / Wall, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, Chartres, France"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55184710703_ce63d3fb83_m.jpg" width="240" height="132" alt="Panorama 2 of the Choir Screen / Wall, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, Chartres, France" /></a></p> <p><b>Details best viewed in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonpaul/55184710703/sizes/o/in/photostream/">Original Size</a>. </b><br /> <br /> The high ornamental stone screen / wall that separates the choir from the ambulatory was put in place between the 16th and 18th century, to adapt the church to a change in liturgy. It was built in the late Flamboyant Gothic and then the Renaissance style. The screen has forty niches along the ambulatory filled with statues by prominent sculptors telling the life of Christ. The last statues were put in place in 1714.<br /> One of the most distinctive features of Chartres Cathedral is the stained glass, both for its quantity and quality. There are 167 windows, including rose windows, round oculi, and tall, pointed lancet windows. The architecture of the cathedral, with its innovative combination of rib vaults and flying buttresses, permitted the construction of much higher and thinner walls, particularly at the top clerestory level, allowing more and larger windows. Also, Chartres contains fewer plain or grisaille windows than later cathedrals, and more windows with densely stained glass panels, making the interior of Chartres darker but the color of the light deeper and richer. <br /> La Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, otherwise known as Chartres Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. Dedicated in honor of the Virgin Mary ('Notre Dame' –'Our Lady'), it was mostly constructed between 1194 and 1220. It stands on the site of at least five cathedrals that have occupied the site since the Diocese of Chartres was formed as an episcopal see in the 4th century. It is one of the best-known and most influential examples of High Gothic and Classic Gothic architecture. It was built above earlier Romanesque basements, while its north spire is more recent (1507–1513) and is built in the more ornate flamboyant style. One of the most beautiful and historically significant cathedrals in all of Europe, it was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, which called it &quot;the high point of French Gothic art&quot; and a &quot;masterpiece&quot;. The cathedral has been well-preserved and restored: the majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th century. The building's exterior is dominated by heavy flying buttresses which allowed the architects to increase the window size significantly, while the west end is dominated by two contrasting spires – a 105-metre (349 ft.) plain pyramid completed around 1160 and the 113-metre (377 ft.) and a Flamboyant (late Gothic) spire on top of an older tower. Its three great façades are adorned with hundreds of sculpted figures illustrating key theological themes and narratives.<br /> This panorama was constructed using Photoshop CC to stitch together horizontally three landscape-oriented images.<br /> Additional information on Chartres Cathedral may be found at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres_Cathedral" rel="noreferrer nofollow"> Wikipedia</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182292903/" title="185A3576"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182292903_6bda1115f8_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3576" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182526655/" title="185A3608"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182526655_48dfc3a7e4_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3608" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182292698/" title="185A3574"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182292698_f3efd8d6e3_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3574" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182125871/" title="185A3546"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182125871_536b38c7c7_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3546" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182526870/" title="185A3583"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182526870_844a605ae0_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3583" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55181235372/" title="185A3543"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55181235372_9e906fe4bf_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="185A3543" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55181235262/" title="185A3575"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55181235262_9951c99e82_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3575" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182125621/" title="185A3522"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182125621_ca69f7a964_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="185A3522" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182293068/" title="185A3545"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182293068_0d5c0a1f28_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3545" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55181235382/" title="185A3542"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55181235382_1f042c2531_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="185A3542" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55181235122/" title="185A3607"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55181235122_a5c6be12b3_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3607" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182293218/" title="185A3521"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182293218_6f72bba1ab_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="185A3521" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182125816/" title="185A3558"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182125816_2c0434dc1d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="185A3558" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182125991/" title="185A3531"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182125991_2c60fae2e9_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3531" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oeufmollet/">oeufmollet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oeufmollet/55182526670/" title="185A3561"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55182526670_6f15acb97f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="185A3561" /></a></p> <p><a 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