Editing Chartres Cathedral (section)

==Chapel of Piatus of Tournai, bishop's palace and gardens==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Chartres Cathedral St Piat Chapel SW 2007 08 31.jpg|Chapel of Saint Piatus of Tournai, added in 1326 to the east of the apse
File:Cathédrale Notre-Dame - labyrinthe.jpg|Labyrinth in the gardens of the bishop
File:Chartres Chorapsiden.jpg|Chapel of Saint [[Piatus of Tournai]] (left), apse of the cathedral and the old bishop's residence
</gallery>
The Chapel of Saint [[Piatus of Tournai]] was a later addition to the cathedral, built in 1326, close to the apse at the east end of the cathedral. It contained a collection of reputed relics from the saint, who was bishop of [[Tournai]] in modern-day Belgium in the third century. Martyred by the Romans, who cut off the top of his skull, he is depicted in stained glass and sculpture holding the fragment of his skull in his hands. The chapel has a flat [[chevet]] and two circular towers. Inside are four bays, in a harmonious style, since it was built all at the same time. It also contains a notable collection of 14th-century stained glass. The lower floor was used as a [[chapter house]], or meeting place for official functions, and the top floor was connected to the cathedral by an open stairway.<ref>Houvet (2019) pp. 13, 32.</ref>

The [[sacristy]], across from the north portal of the cathedral, was built in the second half of the 13th century. The bishop's palace, also to the north, is built of brick and stone, and dates to the 17th century. A gateway from the period of Louis XV leads to the palace and also gives access to the terraced gardens, which offer of good view of the cathedral, particularly the [[chevet]] of the cathedral at the east end, with its radiating chapels built over the earlier Romanesque vaults. The lower garden also has a labyrinth of hedges.<ref>Houvet (2019) p. 22</ref>