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French city, 50 m.s. w. of Paris. Its cathedral of Notre Dame dates from ab. 1200. The n. w. spire, 371 ft. IMG:content-0837.png:[graphic][merged small] high, built 1507-14. is considered the most beautiful on the Continent. The cathedral is also famous for 130 windows of 13th-century stained gla . The heir of the Orleans royal branch is styled Duke of Chart res. Pop., 1891, 23,108.