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Overview:
Chartres, France, capital of the
Beauce, 96 km to the south-west of Paris, 42 000 inhabitants.
Near to Paris, Eure et Loir offers a variety of countryside
landscapes, forests, small valleys and lakes, the plain of the
Beauce and the hills of the Perche. Chartres
boasts the most beautiful and the largest cathedral in Europe,
but its churches should not be forgotten. Saint Aignan leant
against the ramparts of the upper town and the Saint Pierre
abbey church, in the lower town, have wonderful stained glass
windows. The Saint Andrée collegiate church, now deconsecrated
serves as a concert and exhibition hall. The
Fine arts museum, situated in the former episcopal palace, next
to the cathedral regularly organizes prestigious exhibitions.
Several beautiful old houses line the old paved streets.
Numerous "hillocks" lead down towards the Eure valley
with its old mills, tanneries, "lavoirs"- riverside
wash-houses and bridges. Magnificent views of the
cathedral can be seen from the banks of the Eure.
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