French author Louis Charpentier claimed that the Ark was taken to Chartres Cathedral by the Knights Templar.

During the High Middle Ages, Chartres Cathedral operated the famous and influential Chartres Cathedral School.

The government of a bishop is typically symbolized by a cathedral church, such as the Catholic Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres | bishops's Chartres Cathedral | seat at Chartres.

Chartres Cathedral, about 1750, Jean Baptiste Rigaud

Walking the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral

* 1260 – The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France ; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Both are expensive but durable, the vast copper roof of Chartres Cathedral, oxidised to a pale green colour, having been in place for hundreds of years.

* The rebuilding of the Cathedral of Chartres, which had been destroyed by a fire in 1194, is completed.

Masterpieces of architecture and sculpture were completed at cathedrals around Europe, including the Cathedral of Chartres and Nicola Pisano's pulpits for the Duomo di Siena and Pisa's Baptistery.

* 1260 – October 24 – The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France ; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

* June 10 – A fire at Chartres Cathedral leads to the start of its rebuilding.

* Construction begins on Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France.

The Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated.

* October 24 – The Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France ( the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site ).

He reconverted to Catholicism in 1593 — he is said to have remarked, " Paris is well worth a mass "— and was crowned King of France at the Cathedral of Chartres on 27 February 1594.

Simon de Montfort, in a drawing of a stained glass window found at Chartres Cathedral

De Montfort's banner described as the ' Arms of Honour of Hinckley ', shown in the stained glass image in Chartres Cathedral, is used by the town of Hinckley, part of his Earldom in Leicestershire, in their town coat of arms.

The Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral.

The full flowering of the medieval labyrinth came about from the twelfth through fourteenth centuries with the grand pavement labyrinths of the gothic cathedrals, notably Chartres, Reims and Amiens in northern France.

* February 27 – Henry IV is crowned King of France at Chartres.

* Chartres, France, since 1957

Wheelchair ramp, Hotel Montescot, Chartres, France

* Much of Chartres, France, is destroyed by fire.

Long after the personal table fork had become commonplace in France, at the supper celebrating the marriage of the duc de Chartres to Louis XIV's natural daughter in 1692, the seating was described in the court memoirs of Saint-Simon: " King James having his Queen on his right hand and the King on his left, and each with their cadenas.

Sculpture of Pythagoras at Chartres, France

In 1428 after setbacks on the battlefield Charles VII of France sent a distinguished embassy led by Renault of Chartres, Archbishop of Rheims to Scotland to persuade James to renew the alliance — the terms were to include the marriage of the princess Margaret to Louis the Dauphin of France and a gift of the county of Saintonge to James.

Image: Hydrangeas corner. JPG | Hydrangeas in front of the Office de Tourisme Building in Chartres, France.

In France, the king was opposed by Bishop Ivo of Chartres, a famous jurist.

Chartres was reared alongside Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, later famous for his memoirs and defense of the rights of the peerage of France ; Saint-Simon often accompanied the duke, and his wife was later a lady-in-waiting to Philippe's daughter, Louise Élisabeth d ' Orléans, duchesse de Berry.

Given Zelazny's academic interest in the Medieval European period, it is not a stretch to see a possible influence in Henry Adams ' 1905 work Mont Saint-Michel and Chartres, wherein he discusses the building of Chartres Cathedral, and the tidal-islet of Mont Saint-Michel, on the Normandy coast of France.

Chartres () is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

The town is best known for the Cathedral of Chartres ( French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres ), widely considered to be the finest Gothic cathedral in France.

Chartres is one of the most important market towns in the region of Beauce ( known as " the granary of France ").

As with any medieval bishopric, Chartres Cathedral was the most important building in the town – the centre of its economy, its most famous landmark and the focal point of many activities that in modern towns are provided for by specialised civic buildings.

Walking the famous labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral

The other 12th century window, perhaps the most famous at Chartres is the so called Belle Verrière, found in the first bay of the choir after the south transept.

The famous " Chartres blue ".

This early Christian understanding of the good Samaritan is depicted in a famous eleventh-century cathedral in Chartres, France.

An earlier Vidame of Chartres ( not related ) had been a famous intriguer and participant in the Wars of Religion on the Huguenot side, which still cast something of a shadow over the title in Saint-Simon's day.

He sang at Notre-Dame de Chartres from 9 August 1483 until 1486, and subsequently held posts at St Peter's in Geneva ( until 1492 ) and Laon ( around 1497 ) before becoming choirmaster to the boys at Notre-Dame de Paris from 1498 to 1500, and choirmaster to Alfonso I d ' Este at Ferrara from 1506, replacing the famous composer Jacob Obrecht who had died of the plague there the previous year.

Williams goes on to compare it with two other famous images, theTree of Jesse window at Chartres Cathedral and the Lambeth Bible in England.

Among the famous stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral in Northern France is the Jesse Tree window, of 1140-50, the far right of three windows above the Royal Portal and beneath the western rose window.

Williams go on to compare it with two other famous images, theTree of Jesse window at Chartres Cathedral and the Lambeth Bible in England.

Laid out on the floor of Grace Cathedral is a labyrinth that is based on the famous medieval labyrinth of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres ( The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres ) located in Chartres, France.

Between 1773 and 1778, he created the folie de Chartres, ( now Parc Monceau ), one of the most famous French landscape gardens of the time.

Some windows are still decorated with stained glass of the 13th century, famous because of a special cobalt blue colour, known as " the blue from Chartres ".

The design of the maze is similar to the famous pavement labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral, laid in 1235.