Photo by randi hausken the sainte chapelle is a 13th century gothic church in paris france that is known for its magnificent collection of stained glass windows.
Church stained glass windows paris.
Its common practice in catholicism to house holy objects inside ornate containers called a reliquary.
Church stained glass window.
The work has been done to mark 800 years since the birth of king louis ix.
This is the most beautiful stained glass you will see in paris and anywhere in france except chartres.
Within these 15 stained glass windows are 1 113 separate scenes taken from the old and new testament.
Louis who had ordered the construction of the church.
The lower chapel designed for the peasants isn t much but when you climb the short staircase to the king s chapel your jaw will literally drop in amazement.
The stained glass windows of the sainte chapelle have been painstakingly taken down and cleaned to remove centuries of dirt.
15 gloriously colored stain glass panels shooting 50 feet up.
Arranged across 15 windows each 15 metres high the stained glass panes depict 1 113 scenes from the old and new testaments recounting the history of the world until the arrival of the relics in paris.
Included in the restoration was an innovative thermoformed glass layer applied outside the stained glass windows for added protection.