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Chartres Cathedral was rebuilt after a fire in 1194 by an unknown architect. The architect rebuilt the Cathedral into a cross that could be seen from Heaven making it the cutting edge of its day that Bishop Renoux wanted. The architect uses geometry of the square, circle and equilateral triangular which was common during the mid-evil times to design this magnificent cathedral.

This is a very thorough site about the Chartres Cathedral. The "Learn and Reconstruct" section has many interactive panoramas and pictures, and the "About the Project" link gives a lot of historical information about the cathedral.

A great video about the importance of the great cathedral and the significant work that people put in to build it.

Video Tour of the Chartres Cathedral and Explanation of Stained Glass

This goes through many of the stained glass panel by panel.

Said to be the greatest example of French Gothic Architecture.

Beautiful!