Saving the Light at Chartres
Saving the Light at Chartres Built around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedral is one of the crown jewels of…
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Saving the Light at Chartres
Built around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedral is one of the crown jewels of world art and architecture. The story begins half a decade before World War II, when a young French architect developed a plan to save the cathedral's precious stained glass. The cathedral avoided looting and destruction during the anti-religion fervor of the French Revolution, and that the cathedral and its prized, priceless stained glass (now the world's largest collection of medieval stained glass) survived World War II, which saw the destruction of too many cultural treasures, owes much to the actions of a few individuals who recognized the value of the cathedral and struggled to save it.
As war engulfed Europe in the fall of 1939, the French were prepared, and a team of architects and future Resistance leaders (such
Saving the Light at Chartres
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