Two of my favorite Gothic cathedrals are just north of Chartres, in neighboring Normandy. In contrast to small-town Chartres, Rouen was France's second-largest city in medieval times.

Two of my favorite Gothic cathedrals are just north of Chartres, in neighboring Normandy. In contrast to small-town Chartres, Rouen was France's second-largest city in medieval times.

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The towering Gothic cathedral somehow captures the spirit of the 13th century — the so-called ... Malcolm and his understudy Anne-Marie Woods give excellent daily cathedral tours for a small price.

Though visiting Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral won't be possible for the foreseeable future following a devastating fire, there are plenty of fine examples of Gothic cathedrals — and other Notre ...

Beyond Chartres, you can find two classic examples of Gothic cathedrals in Normandy. In contrast to small-town Chartres, Rouen was France’s second-largest city in medieval times.

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. HISTORY MAGAZINE ...

Gothic cathedrals were meant to overwhelm. And they do—even their secular-minded 21st-century visitors. Can we enter any other space in which ordinary sensory dimensions seem so stymied?

PARIS — A small fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in Rouen, ... Rouen's 12th century cathedral, which is considered a Gothic masterpiece, ...