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For almost a thousand years looms the incomparable
Silhouette of a great vessel of
stone and light, above
an ocean of
wheat as expressed by the poet Charles Péguy :
the cathedral of Chartres.
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| The first church was undoubtedly erected during the time of religious peace brought about by the Emperor Constantine at the beginning of the 4th century. It was established on the place of the well of Saints-Forts, a miraculous source and probably the site of Druidic worship. Fire devastated this first church in 743. Four other churches have been standing on this very spot previous to the enormous building we can still admire today and all four had been destroyed by fire. The present cathedral was built after the previous church had burned down in 1194 A.D |
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Contact me: mailto:jean.pierre.lacroix@skynet.be Jean-Pierre Lacroix Rue Adrien de Witte 6 4020 Liège Belgium Tel.: 3243420123
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