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Close ✕Chartres Cathedral
Notre-Dame de Chartres, rebuilt after the fire of 10 June 1194 destroyed most of the previous church while sparing the western towers, the Royal Portal and the crypt with its relic.
48.4, 1.5 · approximate · rebuilt from 1194; consecrated 1260
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- is precedes of Basilica of Saint-Denis — Suger's choir of 1140-1144 assembles the Gothic elements; Chartres from 1194 is where the resulting system is built whole and fast.
- designated by World Heritage Committee — Chartres Cathedral was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee in 1979.
- uses The flying buttress — Chartres was designed with flying buttresses rather than having them added later, which is why it can drop the tribune gallery earlier churches used for the same job.
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