Holy Chapel

The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the in the River in , France.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: chapel in Paris, in France
  • Also known as: “La Sainte Chapelle”, “Sainte Chapelle”, and “Sainte-Chapelle”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Île de la Cité and The Conciergerie.

Islet
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The is one of two natural islands on the River in central . It spans 22.5 hectares of land. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire.

Museum
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is a former courthouse and prison in , France located on the west of the below the . It was originally part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which also included the Sainte-Chapelle.

Church
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, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral and basilica on the , in the , France. is situated 450 metres southeast of Holy Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 4th arrondissement and Quartier des Halles.

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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

Quarter
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The is the second administrative district in Paris, forming part of the . Covering an area of ​​41.2 hectares, it is bounded by Rue de Rivoli to the south, Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs to the west, Rue Étienne-Marcel to the north, and Boulevard de Sébastopol to the east.

Suburb
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The of Paris is a district in on the of the , around the . Located in the city's and the arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.

Holy Chapel

Latitude
48.8554° or 48° 51′ 19″ north
Longitude
2.34504° or 2° 20′ 42″ east
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V84W+52
Geo­Names ID
6452897
Wiki­data ID
Q193193
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Holy Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سان شابيل”
  • Armenian: “Սենտ Շապել”
  • Asturian: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Asturian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Basque: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Basque: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Belarusian: “Сент-Шапель”
  • Bosnian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Bulgarian: “Сен Шапел”
  • Bulgarian: “Сент Шапел”
  • Bulgarian: “Сент-Шапел”
  • Catalan: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Catalan: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Catalan: “Santa Capella de París”
  • Chinese: “圣礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “聖禮拜堂”
  • Croatian: “La Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Croatian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Croatian: “Sveta kapela”
  • Czech: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Czech: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Dutch: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Dutch: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Esperanto: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Esperanto: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Esperanto: “Sankta Kapelo”
  • Estonian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Finnish: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • French: “La Sainte-Chapelle”
  • French: “Sainte-Chapelle de Paris”
  • French: “Sainte-Chapelle du Palais”
  • French: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Galician: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • German: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • German: “Ste. Chapelle”
  • Greek: “Σαιντ-Σαπέλ”
  • Haitian: “Sent Chapèl”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית סיינט שאפל”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט שאפל”
  • Hebrew: “סן שאפל”
  • Hebrew: “סנט שאפל”
  • Hebrew: “סנט שפל”
  • Hebrew: “סנט-שאפל”
  • Hungarian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Indonesian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Italian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Japanese: “サント・シャペル”
  • Javanese: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Korean: “생트샤펠”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sainte-Chapelle du Palais”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sainte-Chapelle Paräis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sainte-Chapelle vu Paräis”
  • Macedonian: “Света капела”
  • Macedonian: “Света Капела”
  • Malay: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Narom: “Sainte-Capelle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Norwegian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Santa Capèla”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Santa Capèra”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سنت-شاپل”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سنت-شپل”
  • Picard: “Sainte-Capèle”
  • Polish: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Polish: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Portuguese: “Saint Chapelle”
  • Portuguese: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Portuguese: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Romanian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Russian: “Святая капелла”
  • Russian: “Сен-Шапель”
  • Russian: “Сент-Шапель”
  • Serbian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Serbian: “Sen Šapel”
  • Serbian: “Сен Шапел”
  • Serbian: “Сент шапел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “La Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sen Šapel”
  • Slovak: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Slovenian: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Spanish: “La Santa Capilla”
  • Spanish: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Spanish: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Spanish: “Santa Capilla de París”
  • Spanish: “Santa Capilla”
  • Swedish: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Tamil: “புனிதத் திருமனை”
  • Thai: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Thai: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Thai: “แซงต์-ชาเปล”
  • Thai: “แซ็งต์-ชาแปล”
  • Thai: “แซงต์ชาเปล”
  • Thai: “วิหารแซงต์-ชาเปล”
  • Thai: “วิหารแซ็งต์-ชาแปล”
  • Thai: “วิหารแซงต์ชาเปล”
  • Turkish: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Turkish: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент-Шапель”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Сент-Шапель”
  • Urdu: “مقدس چیپل”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Vietnamese: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Vietnamese: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Welsh: “Saint Chapelle”
  • Welsh: “Sainte Chapelle”
  • Welsh: “Sainte-Chapelle”
  • Western Panjabi: “سینٹ شیپل”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Quartier Saint-Merri and Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Boulevard du Palais and Préfecture de police.

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