Image: Apse under Stormy Skies
East end of Chartres Cathedral (c.1220-60), with five semi-circular radiating chapels. An extra row of single flying buttresses supported the apse from the beginning and a third row was added in the 14th century.
by Holly Hayes
on July 20, 2008
location:
Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France
subjects: — Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France — Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France — Gothic
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