Chartres Cathedral: Story of a Masterpiece
Chartres Cathedral is over over 800 years old, but today's experts are only starting to unveil its secrets. It's a medieval superstructure, one of the first Gothic cathedrals in history, wider and taller than Notre-Dame de Paris. Ultra-realistic computer-generated imagery and interviews with architectural specialists reveal all the secrets of Chartres.
Chartres Cathedral is over over 800 years old, but today's experts are only starting to unveil its secrets. It's a medieval superstructure, one of the first Gothic cathedrals in history, wider and taller than Notre-Dame de Paris. Ultra-realistic computer-generated imagery and interviews with architectural specialists reveal all the secrets of Chartres.
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