Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Brèche

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 church of Saint-Aignan owes its name to the bishop of Orléans around 400, when a pre-Romanesque church already stood there, later replaced by other buildings which were burnt down in the 11th century and again in 1262. The crypt, well lit by windows overlooking the Rue Saint-Pierre below, dates from the end of the 15th century, but the present building dates from the early 16th century. The turret on the left dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The church of Saint-Aignan was the parish of the counts of Blois and Chartres.

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.