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Medieval · Catholic — Benedictine heritageAbbey Church of Mont-Saint-MichelMont-Saint-Michel, France10th–16th centuries on an earlier sanctuaryThe abbey church balanced above a tidal island, where pilgrimage to Michael, Benedictine life, military resistance, imprisonment, and restoration meet.Read the full history Medieval · Catholic with Lutheran historical useStrasbourg CathedralStrasbourg, FranceRomanesque work begun 1015; Gothic transformation 13th–15th centuriesThe rose-colored Gothic cathedral of Strasbourg, long the world’s tallest building and a witness to alternating Catholic and Lutheran life in Alsace.Read the full history Medieval · CatholicNotre-Dame de ParisParis, FranceConstruction began in 1163; substantially complete by the 14th centuryThe Gothic cathedral of Paris, shaped by medieval worship, revolution, restoration, literature, fire, and renewal.Read the full history Medieval · CatholicChartres CathedralChartres, France, France1194–1220 (current structure); earlier churches from the 4th centuryThe High Gothic masterpiece — a pilgrim's cathedral of light and stone.Read the full history Medieval · Catholic heritageSainte-ChapelleParis, FranceConsecrated in 1248Louis IX’s radiant palace chapel for the Crown of Thorns, where walls dissolve into stained glass and sacred kingship becomes architecture.Read the full history