Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Chartres, France

The Abbey of Saint-Père-en-Vallée was a monastery just outside Chartres in France. Founded by Queen Balthild in the seventh century, it adopted the Benedictine rule in 954 and joined the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1650. It was closed with all other monasteries during the French Revolution in 1790. Today, its buildings lie within the city of Chartres and are classified as a historical monument. The church, Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres, continues to serve as a parish church.

Wikipedia: Abbey of Saint-Père-en-Vallée (EN)

The Church of Saint-Pierre is a church in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir), classified as a historical monument since 1840. Before the Revolution, it was the church of the abbey of Saint-Père-en-Vallée, the remains of which date back to the seventh century. The church became a parish in 1803.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres (FR)

The Pont Saint-Hilaire is a road bridge spanning the Eure River, located in Chartres, in the Eure-et-Loir department of France.

Wikipedia: Pont Saint-Hilaire (FR)

The Guillaume Gate is a former city gate located in Chartres, in the Eure-et-Loir department, France. It was destroyed by the retreating German army on the night of 15 to 16 August 1944.

Wikipedia: Porte Guillaume (Chartres) (FR)

The church of Saint-Aignan owes its name to the bishop of Orléans around 400, a time when a pre-Romanesque church was already built there, later replaced by other buildings that suffered fires in the twelfth century, then in 1262. Saint-Aignan was the parish of the Counts of Blois and Chartres.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres (FR)

The Convent of the Cordeliers is a historical monument located in Chartres in the French department of Eure-et-Loir in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Wikipedia: Couvent des Cordeliers de Chartres (FR)

The Hôtel Montescot is a seventeenth-century mansion in Chartres.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Montescot (FR)

The house of the doctor Huvé is a house of the early sixteenth century, located at n° 10 rue Noël-Ballay - formerly rue du Grand-Cerf, n° 52 - in Chartres, French department of Eure-et-Loir.

Wikipedia: Maison du Médecin Huvé (FR)

The Church of Sainte-Foy is a former church located in Chartres, France.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Foy de Chartres (FR)

The Théâtre municipal de Chartres is a theatre located in Chartres, in the Eure-et-Loir department. It is managed by the Entracte association and directed by Jérôme Costeplane since 2012.

Wikipedia: Théâtre municipal de Chartres (FR)