Église Sainte-Chapelle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_stfYeLReakAGl3RWVvC6MAVs5fDZGCRWoSQyW5jeyVOBkV5edjpmsYRoN3ftdXN-2OU91Dnxm8URMursTEpWC6zfpBAJ4oi0YwpGdtVYOT_khuuiW42oyvAj2Zrc-eJ7rLSQE7xp4S0/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_017DSC_4372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_stfYeLReakAGl3RWVvC6MAVs5fDZGCRWoSQyW5jeyVOBkV5edjpmsYRoN3ftdXN-2OU91Dnxm8URMursTEpWC6zfpBAJ4oi0YwpGdtVYOT_khuuiW42oyvAj2Zrc-eJ7rLSQE7xp4S0/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_017DSC_4372.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Sainte-Chapelle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The devout King Louis IX founded the Gothic Sainte-Chapelle </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as a chapel for the royal palace and to house sacred relics.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is reported that he spent three times </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the cost of the chapel's construction </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for the "Crown of Thorns."</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Built in 1246, it also provided easy underground access </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to the royal palace.  Almost all of the precious relics </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">were lost or destroyed during the French Revolution.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Sainte-Chapelle</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>4, boulevard du Palais</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75001, Paris</i></span></div>

Église Sainte-Chapelle

Église Sainte-Chapelle The devout King Louis IX founded the Gothic Sainte-Chapelle  as a chapel for the royal palace and to house sacred rel...

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