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Explore Chartres - Explore Chartres is a map and city guide to facilitate your stay in Chartres
Explore Chartres Map and City Guide is an application to facilitate your visit, stay and discovery of Chartres. You can search, find and discover places, companies and businesses around you.
- Free of charge
- City map
- Geolocation
- Get directions to the places you want to go
- Complete information on thousands of places, tourist sites and points of interest.
- Find the best restaurants, shops, tourist sites, hotels, bars, etc. around you.
Since Explore Chartres is a "Find Places Around Me" mobile application, you should use it while visiting Chartres. If you want to try it from your current location, you can always install a "Fake GPS" app and setup your new location in the city of Chartres.
Chartres, a city in north-central France southwest of Paris, is famed for its massive Cathédrale Notre-Dame. The Gothic cathedral, completed in 1220, features 2 towering spires, flying buttresses, Romanesque sculptures, pavement labyrinth and elaborate rose windows. The interior's blue-tinted stained glass is distinctive, and the nearby Centre International du Vitrail has workshops and exhibits on stained-glass art.
Chartres, town, capital of Eure-et-Loir département, Centre région, northwestern France, southwest of Paris. The town is built on the left bank of the Eure River, and the spires of its famous cathedral are a landmark on the plain of Beauce. Wide boulevards, bordered by elms, encircle the old town with its steep narrow streets that lead down to picturesque houses by the river. The modern city has seen much recent growth in the neighbouring plain, which is an important route between Paris and the Loire valley, and toward Brittany.
The main part of the great cathedral of Notre-Dame at Chartres was built in less than 30 years in the mid-13th century, when High Gothic architecture was at its purest. This gives it a unity that is almost unique. The cathedral was built to replace a 12th-century church of which only the crypt, the base of the towers, and the west facade remain. Remarkable 13th-century stained-glass windows and a Renaissance choir screen add to the beauty of the edifice. Another notable church is Saint-Pierre, built mainly in the 13th century. A museum is housed in the former Episcopal Palace, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Chartres, named after a Celtic tribe, the Carnutes, who made it their principal Druidic centre, was attacked several times by the Normans and was burned by them in 858. In the Middle Ages it became a countship and was held by the families of Blois and Champagne. The city was sold to the king of France in 1286, but during the Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453), the English occupied it for 15 years. Francis I raised it to the rank of a duchy in 1528. During the Wars of Religion, the Protestants attacked it unsuccessfully. Henry IV was crowned there in 1594. During World War II, the town was severely damaged.
Chartres is an administrative and commercial centre which also serves the surrounding Beauce cereal-producing region. The town is important for both its cultural and tourist activities. Modern industries include cosmetics, electronic equipment, and automobile components. The proximity of Paris has stimulated its development. Pop. (1999) city, 40,361; urban area, 130,681; (2014 est.) city, 38,728.
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About Explore Chartres
Explore Chartres is a free app for Android published in the Recreation list of apps, part of Home & Hobby.
The company that develops Explore Chartres is shawn shriver. The latest version released by its developer is 1.
To install Explore Chartres on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2019-07-22 and was downloaded 0 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Explore Chartres as malware as malware if the download link to com.glgdev.explorechartres is broken.
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