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Similarly one may ask, why does Chartres Cathedral have 2 completely different towers?

Many people ask why the two Chartres cathedral towers are asymmetric. You can see clearly from the west front that the two towers have different styles. Those two bell towers were built in different eras - on the north is a Flamboyant Gothic style while on the south is a Romanesque style.

what is Chartres Cathedral best known for? Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral, located in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region, is one of the most authentic and complete works of religious architecture of the early 13th century. It was the destination of a pilgrimage dedicated to the Virgin Mary, among the most popular in all medieval Western Christianity.

Secondly, why is Chartres cathedral so special?

Chartres Cathedral represents the peak of church building… Chartres celebrates the glory of god and the ingenuity of man. Flying buttresses shift the load of walls to columns away from them allowing those walls to be built very high and to contain large stained glass windows.

What religious relic is housed in the Chartres Cathedral?

History of Chartres Cathedral According to tradition, Chartres Cathedral has housed the tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sancta Camisia, since 876. The relic was said to have been given to the cathedral by Charlemagne, who received it as a gift during a trip to Jerusalem.