The Sainte-Chapelle ("Holy Chapel"), located within the Palais de Justice complex on the Ile de la Cité in the center of Paris, is a diminutive yet perfect example of the Rayonnant Style of Gothic architecture. It was erected by Louis IX, king of France, to house the Crown of Thorns and a fragment of the True Cross, precious relics of the Passion. Louis had purchased these in 1239 from the Byzantine emperor Baldwin II, for the exorbitant sum of 135,000 livres (the chapel "only" cost 40,000 livres to build). Two years later, more relics were brought from Byzantium.
What you may SEE:
1. fantastic stained glass- fantastique vitrail
2. beautiful, tall ceilings- beaux, hauts plafonds
3. big stained glass windows-grands virtual
4. church alter- egalise modifier
5. big open space- grande space ouvert
What you may HEAR:
choir singing- chant coral
FOOD: un croque-monsieur
DESSERT: palmiers
Qu'est-ce qe tu as fait?? ( what did you do?)
A le Sainte-Chapelle, j'ai vu toute le vitrail
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