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2012 photos - Exterior
Sainte Chapelle

Paris, France
Sainte Chapelle - Table of Contents


"Forming part of the buildings of the Palais de Justice (once the royal palace) on the Île-de-la-Cité, it [Sainte Chapelle]  was built by Pierre de Montreuil (1243–46) for Louis IX (St. Louis) to enshrine the Crown of Thorns and other sacred relics brought back from the Crusades.  Just as the Emperor could pass privately from his palace into Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, so now King Louis could walk directly from his palace into the Sainte-Chapelle." -  Columbia Encyclopedia (March 2012)




Gothic  crocketed  gables  .....  Crocketed  pinnacles




Cresting






Trefoil  tracery






 
Gargoyles
Visitor entrance


Flamboyant Gothic. Note "flames" in the rose window.








Photos and their arrangement © 2012 Chuck LaChiusa
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