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Between the green hills of Perche, the Saint-Denis church contains a 16th century baptistery listed as a Historic Monument. Explanatory plaque at the entrance. This church is Romanesque in style and has a rounded apse and a quadrangular bell tower. The baptismal font dates from the 16th century. The church is surrounded by walls made of Saint-Denis stone.

Thivars is mentioned in 966 in the Chartres cartulary. In the 12th century, the church became the property of Josaphat Abbey. The current church was built in the 16th century: a date of 1545 is engraved on a cherub in the turret. It is a very high construction but very irregular, this comes from the fact that it belongs to several eras: ogival style in the windows, the entrance door is Romanesque (it may be the door of the first Romanesque church) . The choir was formerly separated from the nave by an iron grille which disappeared during the French Revolution. The ceiling has pretty paneling dating from 1645. The two side altars are dedicated: one to Notre Dame des Victoires and the other to Saint Joseph. Among the furniture we can note an interesting painting which represents Our Lord pronouncing on a coin. In 1940, two bombs fell less than 30 m from the church, destroying the stained glass windows on the south side which were replaced by grisailles in 1987. Three pretty stained glass windows light up this church: Nativity stained glass window installed by Mr Campin in 1955 Stained glass windows of the village's patron saints, Saint Radegonde and Saint Hilaire, installed in 1900 and 1987 respectively.

The church of Barjouville, without a transept, only includes a nave extended by a narrower choir. The north wall of the nave, with three small round-arched windows, dates from the 13th century. But this oldest sanctuary was burned, along with many others in the region, by the mercenaries of the Huguenot army on March 15, 1568 when they had to lift the siege of the city of Chartres, due to a truce, while they were about to enter through a breach made near the Drouaise gate. The reconstruction lasted almost thirty years (the village was poor) and ended with the installation of the bell, melted in August 1598; it is one of the oldest in the department. To the south, the nave is lit by three bays of different sizes and the choir by two others. The bedside, flat, has three semi-circular bays equipped with stained glass windows installed by the Lorin workshops in 1873 and representing the Sacred Heart, Saint James the Major and Saint Laumer. In one of the bays of the choir, fragments of stained glass have been grouped into two square panels, one representing Saint Nicholas and the three children saved from the salt room and the other, undoubtedly, Saint Christopher carrying the child Jesus on his shoulders to cross the river. Note two statues of Saint James which could be from the 16th century and a Saint Leonard, unfortunately covered with a brown wash. Three processional sticks carry naive-style statues of the Virgin, Saint James and Saint Christopher. Finally, a large painting, which hung at the back of the church, is currently being restored. It is a copy, probably from the 17th century, of a “Madonna and Child with Saint Anne” from 1610 by Carlo Saraceni, the original of which is in the National Museum of Rome (Palace Barberini). Work should soon take place to secure the roof and the bell tower and remove the false ceiling which distorts the interior proportions of the church.

The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chartres

A dream of a cathedral 🥰 you should definitely visit it at two different times of the day, as the glass windows look completely different depending on the position of the sun - phenomenal

Very beautiful church and the public toilets next to it are perfect, even for filling water bottles too large for the classic sinks.

The village has a Gothic style church. The latter is approximately 32 m long and 8.5 m wide. The church was renovated a few years ago and the eastern facade has recently been lit at night. According to the departmental archives of Eure-et-Loir, the general council granted a credit of 30,000 francs in 1851, in order to have “MM. the department's travel agents the nomenclature of churches, presbyteries and other municipal buildings, briefly containing their description, their condition, the indication and approximate evaluation of the work to be done and their degree of urgency.