Overwhelmed by a surge in participants, organizers of the traditional Pentecost pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres were forced ...

In May, AccroCamp parks are open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to welcome adventurous families. What's more, the parks will be open from Wednesday to Sunday during the May long ...

Things have gone pretty quiet at Damien Hirst ’s Newport Street Gallery. The last time I visited the free exhibition space in ...

That Sunday at noon, with the cathedral bells ringing out, a 30-something, Afro-French immigrant named Jules Lion stood on a second-story balcony at the Uptown, riverside corner of Chartres and St ...

Explore the origins of Gothic architecture and its influence on pop culture, from churches to horror novels and movies.

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This shift also had its origins in France, where Hone had viewed the magnificent windows of Chartres Cathedral shortly after her arrival in 1921. Having attempted, unsuccessfully, to join An Túr ...

Some religious leaders are mighty hard acts to follow. What Pope, for example, would seem charismatic after John XXIII? When Harry Emerson Fosdick retired as minister of Manhattan’s ...

For instance, there is an annual pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres, as well as daily pilgrimages ... today 639 people presented themselves at the cathedral, formally requesting the sacrament ...

First and foremost, the train ride from Paris to Chartres is relatively short, taking only about an hour of your time each way. Known for its gorgeous Gothic cathedral (one of the most famous in ...

The Cathedral of Chartres with its Gothic stained-glass windows is one of the most transcendent places I know. On an overcast day, the structure is dark and brooding. But when the sun shines through ...