Chartres · Eure-et-Loir
Chartres Cathedral and Treasury
French name: Cathédrale et trésor de Chartres
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Free admission
- 1st Sunday, low seasonFree on the first Sunday of every month, from November to March
- Free under 26Free every day for under-26 EU residents
- Special days onlyFree during the European Heritage Days
Address
Cloitre Notre Dame, 28000 Chartres
Gothic cathedral built largely within the thirty years following the fire of 1194 and consecrated in 1260, famed for its 13th-century stained-glass windows and their inimitable blue. Its treasury, reopened in 2024, holds the Veil of the Virgin (Sancta Camisia), venerated since the 9th century.
More free museums nearby
- Chartres Fine Arts MuseumChartresAlways free
- Château de RambouilletRambouilletAlways free
- Dreux Museum of Art and HistoryDreuxAlways free
- Rambolitrain MuseumRambouilletNo free admission
- Maison Maurice-ViolletteDreuxFree 1st Sunday
- Dreux BelfryDreuxFree 1st Sunday
All free museums in ChartresAll free museums in Eure-et-Loir