Flying buttresses, a form of buttress composed of an arch extending from the upper portion of a wall, open the sides of the cathedral. The nave of the church is 400 feet long and 53 feet wide. An American Colonel and his aide investigated Chartres, and finding no sign of Germans, further saved it from the destruction by the allies. Ordered to destroy Chartres, a German officer purposely ignored the command. The Allied armies were certain that the German army had been using the elevation of Chartres to monitor their movement.
It came close to becoming a pile of rubble in 1944. The Chathedral has been recently cleaned and restored and looks very grand. The second rises 377 feet and was completed in the 16th century. The first, completed in 1160, is 349 feet high. The towers of Chartres Cathedral rise above the city. Michel is 560 feet above the sea, a commanding presence over the plain below. Mont-Saint-Michel is perched on an island in the Manche department, rising above the meadows along the shore. The high ground where Chartres was constructed allows it to be seen from more than 20 km away. Mont-Saint-Michel was all but abandoned but had a resurgence in 1874 and became a UNESCO Heritage site in 1979. Chartres has always been a religious center, while Mont-Saint-Michel served first as a monument to Saint Michael then as a fort to defend Normandy from British attackers, then as a prison. Mont Saint Michel has its origins much earlier in 700. American Don LaGrave, a visitor to both, compares the differences HistoryĬhartres Cathedral in Eure-et Loire, is a high Gothic masterpiece while Mont-Saint-Michel combines both Norman and Gothic architecture. Two of the most important religious (as well as tourist centers) in France, are the Cathedral of Chartres and the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel.
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