The Notre Dame Cathedral at Chartres has a magnificent western façade, which has three large portals on its bottom center. Above that, there are three lancet windows and at the center of the façade, there is a large rose window decorated with plate tracery. Beside the portals, we can find two splendid towers with the northern tower higher than the southern one. The towers are supported by three buttresses each and bear multiple pairs of lancet windows, most of which are found between the buttresses. Between the two towers and above the rose window of the cathedral, there is a closed gallery. We can also see pinnacles topped with finials on the towers. Lastly, the two towers are topped with spires, with the northern one possessing multiple crockets. …show more content…
From the west, through the tree portals, we can find the narthex, or porch, of the cathedral. Going forward to the east we can find the nave and a pair of aisles, each aisle at the sides of the nave. Further east, at the middle of the cathedral, we can see the crossing, and to the north and south side of the crossing are the transepts. Eastward, we can spot the chancel, which has a choir at its center and a double ambulatory at its sides. At the chancel, we can also spot the apse, the curving side of the cathedral. At the eastern end of the cathedral, there are five large radiating chapels and three smaller ones, which provides illumination for the eastern