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The most famous features of the chapel, among the finest of their type in the world, are the fifteen great stained-glass windows in the nave and apse of the upper chapel, which date from the mid-13th century, as well as the later rose window (put in place in the 15th century). The stone wall surface is reduced to little more than a delicate ...
The exterior plan is very simple; the bays are separated by strong buttresses, crowned by spires, and each bay is fill with stained glass up to the beginning of the roof, where it is topped by a gable, or pointed arch. The chapel originally had a flèche from the roof at the 4th traverse, similar to that of the Paris chapel. It was destroyed in ...
The style the building is a blend of Romanesque architecture of the 12th century with Renaissance elements, a combination very popular in Paris in the second half of the 19th century. It follows a basic basilica plan, with a principal nave flanked by two lateral aisles. There is a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the apse.
The royal chapel built by Louis IX to contain his collection of Passion relics, including Christ's Crown of Thorns – one of the most important relics in medieval Christendom. It is noted especially for its towering walls of stained glass. [1] Saint-Eustache: 1 Rue de Jour (1st arrondissement of Paris) Flamboyant Gothic Parish church (1532–1640)
At Sacré-Cœur, the crypt has stained glass windows, thanks to a "saut-de-loup", a trench about four meters wide around it, which allows light to enter through windows and oculi of the crypt wall. In the centre of the crypt is the chapel of the Pieta , whose central element is a monument statue of the Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross, at ...
The single chapel contains 670 square meters of stained glass, not counting the later west rose window, and the walls, 20.4 meters high under the vault, appear entirely to be made of glass. This was made possible by moving the supports of the wall, clusters of nine colonettes, to the exterior.
A notable feature of the interior is the Chapel of the Souls in Purgatory, a chapel created by the architect Victor Louis between 1760 and 1764, using trompe-l'oeil murals to illustrate the values of antiquity and the Counter-Reform. [1] The church was classified as a national historic monument by the French Government in 2017.
In 1802 the Carmelite Order bought back a small portion of the estate. A small chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame-des-Champs was built, along with a new cloister and living quarters. The order left in 1906. [3] In 1858 a temporary wooden chapel was built as a neighborhood parish. [4]