Saturday, June 20, 2009

Sainte Chapelle et Notre Dame

Sainte Chapelle is often overlooked, as it stands less than one hundred yards away from the magnificent Notre Dame. In my opinion, it is equally as magnificent. There are over 1000 stained glass windows that depict stories from the Bible. They are beautiful. The windows seen above are contained in the upper chapel, where only the king and his guests were allowed to worship. The lower chapel, as seen below, had beautiful gold-guilded arches and statues of Christ's disciples.

A stone's throw away is Notre Dame. Here is a rare shot of me in front of the camera. We had just climbed about thousand steps to get to the top to view exterior aerial views of Notre Dame, as well as the city below.
Of course Notre Dame has many well-noted features, including it's own stained glass windows. I personally enjoyed looking at the stone depictions of the many saints and biblical persons that are placed throughout the church.

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