Église Saint-Aignan

Built in 1194, after a fire that destroyed the old cathedral, the Chartes Cathedral marks the highest point of the French Gothic art. This UNESCO World Heritage site is in remarkable conditions—known for the astonishing color of the beautiful stained-glass windows, called blue of Chartres.

The chapel of Notre-Dame de la Brèche (Our lady of the breach) was built in 1599, after the Protestants in 1568, during the second war of religion: a breach having been opened in the city walls by the artillery of Louis de Bourbon-Condé, the Chartrains, under the protection of a statue of Notre-Dame de la Porte Drouaise, built and defended a barricade which prevented the capture of the city. The chapel was rebuilt in 1843 to serve the parish of the lower town, the neighbouring Saint-André church having been disused during the Revolution.

The church of St Pierre and St Paul de Chauffours appears unusual, with its two contiguous roofs, its porch and its small spire that overhangs the roof. This atypical church, which brings together several architectural styles ranging from Romanesque to Renaissance style, was under the dependence of the chapter of Notre-Dame de Chartres.