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Saint Chapelle- The Holy Chapel

Saint Chapelle- The Holy Chapel. By: Mariel McConville . Background Key Points. Built by Louis IX to house precious relics like Christ’s Crown of Thorns and pieces of the true cross in 1242 for 135,000 livres . Located on the Ile de la Cite in the middle of Paris

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Saint Chapelle- The Holy Chapel

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  1. Saint Chapelle-The Holy Chapel By: Mariel McConville

  2. Background Key Points • Built by Louis IX to house precious relics like Christ’s Crown of Thorns and pieces of the true cross in 1242 for 135,000 livres. • Located on the Ile de la Cite in the middle of Paris • Completed in six years by Pierre de Montreuil for 40,000 livres.

  3. Interior Key Points • Stain-glass windows cover 600 square meters • 2/3 of them, currently, are still the 13th century originals • Red and Blue are the dominate colors in the windows • Each stain glass depicts a story of humanity. • Example of the Gothic Architecture

  4. Saint Chapelle’s Trials • With stood the French Revolution that only caused the choir stalls and rood screen to be damaged • Afraid of the damage World War ll may cause, they took town all the stain-glass windows to carefully preserve them. • Survived a flood when the Seine broke its river banks in 1690 and two fires in 1630 and 1776.

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