The most beautiful religious buildings Paris 1st 75001

A classic concert in the famous royal chapel of King Saint Louis, the Sainte-Chapelle, located in the heart of Paris, on the île de la Cité, is an unforgettable experience. With its famous multicoloured windows, the Gothic architecture of Sainte-Chapelle is a magnificent setting to savoir the beauty of music. On the programme, more than a hundred concerts each year including the most famous works of the classical repertoire, interpreted by artists and ensembles of international stature. Tickets are to be purchased on line.

Yes, you see clearly! The square opposite the Louvre houses two buildings that look very similar. On the left, the town hall of the 1st arrondissement imitates the style of the church on its right. The origin of this church dates back to the Merovingian era, but it is from a building of the 12th century it took its present form. The places have had many lives, and it has undergone many changes: the portal dates from the 13th century, the choir from the 14th, the nave and its porch from 15th, its transept and its chapels from 16th. Various work has been done in the following centuries. Among the decorative elements of the church are sculptures from various eras, two Renaissance retables, large 18th-c oranges from Sainte-Chapelle… There are many details adorning this beautiful church where famous artists having a link to the the royal power are buried: the painters Chardin, Boucher, Van Loo, the architect Le Vau… Note, moreover, that we celebrate here, every Wednesday of Ashes, a mass dedicated to the artists died in the year.

The first stone of this building was posed by Louis XIV in 1653, and it took nearly a century to finish the work. Built from a plan by Jacques Le Mercier, the church is inspired by the cathedral Notre-Dame. The building has been filled with chapels that are succeeding in the continuity of the nef and choir. The one dedicated to the Virgin, realized by Jules Hardouin Mansart, presents a superbly decorated dome in baroque fashion. This church contains numerous paintings, sculptures, frescoes and tombs. It is important to know that much of its heritage comes from churches that disappeared during the French Revolution. Note that at the foot of his beautiful facade with columns and his little staircase took place street fights between royalists and republican power on the 13 vendeman year IV, in other words October 5, 1795. At the head of the latter was a certain Napoleon Bonaparte who did not hesitate to pull out the gun on the insurgents.