Author 'Nicoledesplat' (Id 121212 ) : : 5: EURE-ET-LOIRE (28): France Miniature: Wonder Gothic XIIth century stained glass windows are superb. It is the emblematic monument of the prefecture of the department of Eure-et-Loire, located 80 kilometers southwest of Paris. It is considered the most representative Gothic cathedral, the most complete and best preserved. It was built for the most in 30 years on the ruins of an earlier Romanesque cathedral, destroyed by fire in 1194. Grand shrine, the cathedral and its towers dominate the town of Chartres and the surrounding plain of Beauce. They find several dozens of kilometers away. 3: