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Chartres Cathedral

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Noun1.Chartres Cathedral - a Gothic cathedral in northern France; built in 13th century
Chartres - a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral


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The labyrinth is a 26-foot Chartres canvas labyrinth using the pattern from Chartres Cathedral in France.
Chartres Cathedral remains one of France's greatest architectural monuments, a surviving testimony to the skills, imagination and vigour or her mediaeval craftsmen and architects.
Its circular route is similar to a floor design in Chartres Cathedral that pilgrims used to follow, sometimes on their knees as penance, piety or meditation.
 
 
 
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