Sainte-Chapelle
Boulevard du Palais (4)
Underground: Châtelet
tel: (0) 1 53 40 60 97
Open: daily 9.30am-6pm in summer, 9am-5pm in winter.
This small church, a masterpiece of French gothic style, is located
on a courtyard of the present Palace of Justice. Sainte-Chapelle was
originally part of the former royal palace. Louis IX wanted a shrine for
his valuable relics, amongst which were the crown of thorns of Jesus
Christ and a splinter of the Holy Cross. The chapel was erected between
1245 and 1248. An architectural curiosity are the two chapels: the
chapel below served as a place of prayer for the populace, the chapel
above was reserved for the nobility.
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