Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Just a few minutes from Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle is located in the medieval former royal palace. The spire is just visible at upper left. Left and below are scenes nearby. | |
Left and below: Entry is via a lower chapel, nicely decorated with a starry ceiling. | |
To get to the main chapel, there is a very narrow, tight spiral staircase. Handicap accessibility is not a high priority in Paris | |
I had seen many medieval glass windows in Museums in Germany, mostly badly faded. The brilliance of the windows in France absolutely blew me away. |
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If you can tear your eyes away from the windows for a bit, the floor is pretty dazzling. | |
The walls are painted in faux tapestries. Note the wrinkles. | |
Another faux tapestry, shoring the painted wrinkles. It's no surprise thet "trompe l'oiel" (fool the eye) is French. | |
"Not worth 10euro very small and not looked after dont waste your money" - Google Review. Proof positive that man evolved from slime. |
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Created 22 June 2007, Last Update 04 June 2020