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Sainte Chapelle, Paris, France
Notre Dame, Paris, France
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Sainte Chapelle, 1241-1248:
In 1239, Saint Louis (IX) negotiated with the Emperor of Constantinople for the acquisition of the Crown of Thorns.
Sainte Chapelle, photo Didier
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One of the most distinctive characteristics of Gothic architecture is the expansive area of the windows as at Sainte Chapelle and the very large size of many individual windows, ...
The same fate befell that over the Sainte Chapelle, Paris, being reconstructed about 1850 by Lassus.
At the Sainte Chapelle a chain was imbedded in the walls right round the building, and the stone vaulting ribs were reinforced by curved bands of iron placed on each side and bolted to them (W.R. Lethaby, "Mediaeval Art", VII, 161).
 See also: Cathedral, Chapel, Gothic, Church, Cathedra
  
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