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2 days ago · The exterior of the Sainte-Chapelle today and in 1630. Sainte-Chapelle/ Centre des monuments nationaux. After the revolution, the Crown of Thorns was transferred to the treasury of Notre-Dame Cathedral, and the Sainte-Chapelle became an archive depository. It remained this way for three decades and came close to destruction.
3 days ago · Built in record time (just 7 years), the Sainte-Chapelle was intended to house the most precious relics in Christendom, including Christ’s crown of thorns, acquired by Saint-Louis. In this sacred place, you can admire some fifteen exceptional 15m-high stained glass windows featuring 1,113 scenes from the Old and New Testaments, recounting the ...
1 day ago · The most remarkable and influential work of stained glass in the 13th century was the royal chapel, Sainte-Chapelle (1243–1248), where the windows of the upper chapel, 15 m (49 ft) high, occupied all of the walls on the three sides, with 1,134 individual scenes.
5 days ago · Between 1242 and 1248 King Louis IX, later known as Saint Louis, built an exquisite Gothic chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, to house the relics of the Passion of Christ which he had acquired from the Emperor of Byzantium.
1 day ago · The Sainte-Chapelle, also known as the jewel of High Gothic architecture, was commissioned by Saint Louis in the mid-13th century. It is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The chapel has relics of the passion of Christ, which is built by the crown of thorns and fragments of the true cross.
4 days ago · Re: Arc de Triumphe and Sainte-Chapelle. Just took my own advice and looked up your reference and the Visit Arc de Triomphe site too. The Monuments -Nationaux does seem ok - but I’d prefer to go through the specific site, if only for the extra information provided.
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1 day ago · Built during the medieval era, construction of the cathedral began in 1163 under Bishop Maurice de Sully and was largely completed by 1260, though it was modified in succeeding centuries.
