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The Man Who Saved Chartres

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JD Breen
Apr 24, 2000
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Chartres, France

April 24, 2000

Like Johann Pachelbel, Jonas Salk, or Monica Lewinsky, some people are known for only one thing. So are certain places.

Giza conjures the pyramids. Agra evokes the Taj. Green Bay means the Packers.

And Chartres summons its cathedral.

We said goodbye this morning to Château de Tertres, and wound our way toward Paris. En route, …

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