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I, Labyrinth of Chartres - Softcover

Paillot, JAcques

 
9782368035757: I, Labyrinth of Chartres

Synopsis

Imagine, ageless pilgrim, walker through eternity, I am more
than eight hundred years old, I am beyond age! I was born so
long ago that I do not even know my date of birth. Scientists
have studied this serious problem and of course no one
agrees… Some say that I was created after the fire of 1194,
when the nave, the choir and the transept of the cathedral
were built on the base of the intact crypt of the Romanesque
church of Fulbert. This is the official thesis accepted by most
historians.
Others suggest that my construction began long before…

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About the Author

Surgeon for 31 years in Chartres, Jacques Paillot became fascinated by the
cathedral and its history.
It is naturally with the help of Capucine Soupeaux, expert on the subject, that
Jacques Paillot imagined this fantastic autobiography of the labyrinth.

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