Chartres

The columned west portal of Chartres cathedral marks the beginning of the re-emergence of three-dimensional sculpture.

Chartres with its famous cathedral and Tours rate among the most beautiful French cities.

London's Bishop Chartres has spearheaded efforts to make England's established church much greener in its thinking and in its own behaviour.

This feeling and his reverence for the great shines of northern France, Adams voiced in Mont-Saint and Chartres.

"We've already tried this in [Indian state of] Andhra Pradesh during the wet season, " said Chartres.

Chartres mentioned India, where his institute is encouraging farmers to use surface water irrigation systems to recharge groundwater.

But Mr Chartres is clear that banning the use of wastewater in agriculture would be a mistake.

The cathedral at Chartres is an expression of the religious fervor of the Middle Ages.

Stained glass panel in the Cathedral of Chartres, the first depiction of a spinning wheel.

Smith was now bishop, of Chartres, or of Mainz, or of Winchester.

The major French Gothic cathedrals include those at Paris, Chartres, Reims, and Amiens.

The cathedral at Chartres in France is a masterpiece of medieval architecture.

We agreed we wouldn't do sponsorship, cycling shoes, main roads, support vehicles or big towns, except Chartres.

Bobbins and warping machines appear together in the stained glass at Chartres and in a fresco in the Cologne Kunkelhaus (ca 1300).

The solution, Mr Chartres and others contend, is more efficient use of water or, as the sloganeers put it, "more crop per drop" .

"This is almost twice what we use today and is not sustainable, " said Chartres.

On the north door of the Cathedral of Chartres there is a sculptured design, some six hundred years old, of God creating the birds.

The earliest surviving depiction of a spinning wheel is a panel of stained glass in the Cathedral of Chartres. [29]

Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres