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Solemn World of Light, Chartres Cathedral.

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Chartres Cathedral is located southwest of Paris.

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The building has four wings pointing directly north, south, east and west.

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Each wing represents the passage of time from the past to the future.

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The front facade is located on the west wing.

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The west is where the sun sets and represents the apocalypse, the Last Judgment.

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The combination of light and stained glass portrays the apocalypse as described in the Bible.

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The north wing represents time's past.

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There are images of the Virgin Mary and the prophets of the Old Testament.

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The south is the contemporary world.

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Jesus Christ is in the centre, surrounded by stories from the New Testament.

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This is the renowned Blue Virgin window.

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The mystical blue of the Madonna's tunic is known as Chartres Blue.

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Special devices support the high-pointed arches of the ceilings and large windows.

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Flying buttresses are a unique feature of Gothic architecture.

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They reinforce the building from the outside.

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Such engineering made it possible for the structure to support high ceilings and huge windows.

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Here, the fall of Adam and Eve.

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The next sequence is the story of Noah's Ark.

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Noah receives a revelation from God and, with his sons, builds an ark.

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Animals gather round.

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800 years of history has taken its toll.

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There are stains and damage to repair.

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Craftsmen in this workshop have been restoring stained glass for the past two centuries.

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Each piece of glass is carefully removed and an old plan is used to match it with the original layout.

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Damaged glass is replaced with material close to the original.

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Chartres Cathedral is a museum to stained glass.

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It is hoped that this extraordinary heritage will be protected long into the future.