La Sainte-Chapelle de Paris

Synopsis of La Sainte-Chapelle de Paris

«The Sainte-Chapelle: Palais de la Cité, Paris» is Laurence de Finance's guide published by Éditions du Patrimoine in paperback (64 pages, in English).

Built by Saint Louis in the 13th century in the Palais de la Cité, it was a palatine chapel and reliquary for the relics of the Passion. The lower chapel served the palace staff; the upper was the royal chapel. Its fifteen stained-glass windows and great rose window form walls of light; the guide covers the 19th-century restoration and studies of the painted decorations.

Part of the Itinéraires du Patrimoine collection; English edition published on 2 September 1999.

For those interested in Gothic art and medieval history, and for those preparing a visit to the Sainte-Chapelle.