Sainte Chapelle
| Sainte-Chapelle du Palais | ||
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| Overview of the building | ||
| Contact | 48 51 '19 "North 2 20 '42 "East / 48.85528, 2345 | |
| Country |  France | |
| Region | Ile-de-France | |
| Department | Paris | |
| City | Paris I. | |
| Worship | Roman Catholic (Disused since the Revolution ) | |
| Type | Chapel St. | |
| Attached to | Ministry of Culture | |
| Construction begins | 1242 | |
| Work Completed | 1248 | |
| Style (s) dominating (s) | Gothic | |
| Protection |  Rated MH ( 1862 ) | |
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The Sainte-Chapelle is a chapel which was built on the Ile de la Cit , in Paris , at the request of St. Louis to house the Holy Crown , a piece of the Holy Cross and various other relics of the Passion that he had acquired.
With the Conciergerie is a former remnants of the City Palace stretching on the site covering the current courthouse.
The Sainte-Chapelle is managed by the Centre National Monuments which it was awarded as an endowment by a decree of 2 April 2008 .
On average, some 800,000 visitors from over 40 different nationalities each year visit the monument Gothic.
This site is served by the metro city.
Summary |
The plans are probably due to Pierre de Montreuil , who erected in record time: from 1242 to 1248 .
This building is considered a masterpiece of Gothic art , some authors even consider it the culmination of this art.
Designed as a shrine to showcase precious relics are preserved there, the Sainte-Chapelle, built in the royal palace of the Ile de la Cite, was also used as a royal chapel. It superimposes two chapels , the lower for the common people, the greater the king's entourage, according to current use in the construction of royal palaces of the Middle Ages. At first, the upper chapel was also accessible by the upper galleries of the palace, St. Louis did not build a public stairway.
For its construction, Pierre de Montreuil brought a real technical innovation, linking metal, very advanced for the time since it was not rediscovered until the twentieth century .
Originally a small annex building was erected near the apse. The lower level served as a vestry , while the part located at the upper chapel hosted acts and royal seals. This appendix disappeared in 1777 during the reconstruction of the courtyard.
At the height of the roof is a statue of the archangel Michael.
Chapel low
The lower chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary , was available to service people and serves as a base to the upper chapel. Low ceiling, lined with massive pillars supporting the entire weight of the building, it exists only for its functional and architectural: help lighten up the building by supporting the entire weight of the upper chapel.
Chapel High
The walls of the upper chapel are completely removed and replaced with large plate allowing light to pass, only separated by thin bundles of pillars. The windows depict religious scenes, they were chosen for the space occupied by the royal personages in the offices, windows evoking King David or King Solomon being placed close to the king.
The windows are a homogenous group, whose dominant red and blue give this chapel radiance.
The windows of the nave, high of 15.35 m and 4.70 m wide, is divided into four lancets surmounted by a rose to six lobes and two quatrefoil (like elements of four-leaf clover). The windows of the apse, with a height of 13.45 m and a width of 2.10 m, have only two lancets and three trefoils (clover-shaped elements).
The scenes of the windows depict:
- the Genesis ;
- the Exodus ;
- the book of Numbers ;
- the book of Joshua ;
- the book of Judges ;
- the book of Isaiah ;
- John the Evangelist and the childhood of Christ ;
- Passion ;
- the life of John the Baptist and the book of Daniel ;
- the book of Ezekiel ;
- the books of Jeremiah and Tobit ;
- the books of Judith and Job ;
- the book of Esther ;
- the books of Kings ;
- history of the relics of the Passion.
The rose (west side), 9 meters in diameter, is the Apocalypse.
 Rosette. |  Details of stained glass. |  Detail of a stained glass window (Museum of the Middle Ages). |  Sculpture. |
 The Accounting Chamber and the Sainte-Chapelle. |  Detail of the altar and stained glass. |
Relic
Miscellaneous
La Chapelle Saint-Louis du Chteau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is the forerunner.
The chapel of Vincennes , which housed the relics of the time the construction of the Chapel Island City, also bears the name of "holy chapel. This name was also the chapel of the castle of Bourbon l'Archambault.
The windows of the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago , were inspired by the Sainte-Chapelle.
References
- Record No. PA00086001 , on the basis Merimee , Ministry of Culture
- Top under the banks of the Seine
- Order of 2 April 2008 on the allocation for staffing various areas dependent on State-owned housing estates , Official Gazette No. 89 of April 15, 2008, item No. 20, NOR MCCB0805807A on Lgifrance.
- JMLeniaud, F. Perrot, La Sainte Chapelle, Nathan, Paris, 1991
- Sasportas Valerie, "The Rite of light at the Sainte-Chapelle", in Le Figaro , June 20, 2008, p. 37 Bibliography
- Jean-Michel Leniaud La Sainte Chapelle, 2007 (in coll.), ed. French and ed. English
- On the restoration of the building, consult another book by Jean-Michel Jean-Baptiste Lassus Leniaud (1807-1857) or Time Regained cathedrals, Arts and Crafts Graphics, al. "Library of the French Society of Archaeology, Paris, 1980.
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