About 80 kilometers southwest of Paris stands the city of Chartres, one of whose main cultural attractions is its Gothic cathedral built between 1194 and 1220. It was built in the same place where ...

CHARTRES, France (AFP) - An unholy row has broken out over the restoration of France's mediaeval landmark, Chartres Cathedral. State-funded work to return the interior of the towering 13th-century ...

The controversial restoration of the interiors of a sacrosanct cathedral elicits a call to action. Among modern architects, Chartres Cathedral, largely built in the first half of the 13th century, ...

A bid to lighten the interior of France's famed Chartres Cathedral to its original creamy white hues has sparked an unholy row, with experts as far away as America claiming it is a “cultural disaster” ...

CHARTRES, France - An unholy row has broken out over the restoration of France's medieval landmark, Chartres Cathedral. State-funded work to return the interior of the towering 13th-century cathedral ...