Getting to Chartres from Paris couldn’t be easier – there are trains from Paris Montparnasse station every hour at :33 after the hour (and there are even more if you want to head out earlier than 9am). It costs €14.40 each way and takes about an hour. (Going back there are roughl...
How to Appreciate Gothic Sculpture (c.1150-1300) (to c.1500 Germany) Gothic artwas the first style to integrate the arts of sculpture, stained glass and architecture - notably, in the great cathedrals of Chartres, Amiens, Reims and Notre Dame de Paris. The solidity of the previousRomanesque...
The Arc de Triomphe is another recognizable symbol of Paris, and of France, that you don’t want to miss. You can climb to the top for another interesting view of the city from above. It also sits in the middle of an impressive roundabout at one of the biggest intersections in the wor...
In both of these cases, one finds reference to Irish place names and personal names, but there are other instances in which the author tells us he heard a particular tale from a friar in Paris; from an Italian friar; from a friar who was present at the siege of Seville; or from a ...