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The Chartres Cathedral is a Gothic style cathedral located in Chartres, France constructed by unknown architects. Chartres is fifty miles southwest of Paris. The nave of the church, the area that is central and open inside a church, is 122 feet high (Fiero B2.111). The height of the clerestory, or high wall with a line of windows along the top, and the nave arcade are both three times the height of the triforium (Craven, “What is a ‘Clerestory’”). A triforium is “a gallery forming an upper story to the aisle of a church and typically an arcaded story between the nave arches and clerestory” (“Triforium”). Basically, standing inside the cathedral, one will be standing in a very spacious room with high arched ceilings. There are approximately 150-170 medieval stained glass windows in the cathedral (Hayes, “Chartres”). From approximately 876 to hundreds of years later, the crypt in the church contained the tunic worn by Mary during the birth of Jesus Christ ("The Wondrous Background"). Today the tunic is preserved behind glass and is on display in the back, left-hand side of the church ("Cathedrale de Chartres"). Chartres also has three portals on sides of the structure that set it apart from other cathedrals (Hayes, “Chartres”). Studying the features of this Gothic cathedral provides us with a look into the past and lets us see the impact it had during the time it was constructed as well as its impact today.<!--more-->