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 Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Île de la Cité
Islet
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The Île de la Cité is one of two natural islands on the Seine River in central Paris. 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.
The Conciergerie
Museum
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The Conciergerie is a former courthouse and prison in Paris, France located on the west of the Île de la Cité below the Palais de Justice. It was originally part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which also included the Sainte-Chapelle.
Notre Dame de Paris
Church
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Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Notre Dame de Paris is situated 450 metres southeast of Holy Chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 4th arrondissement and Quartier des Halles.
4th arrondissement
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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.
Quartier des Halles
Quarter
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Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.
Latin Quarter
Suburb
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The Latin Quarter of Paris is a district in Paris on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. Located in the city's 5th and the 6th arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.
Holy Chapel
- Categories: chapel, secularized church, and religion
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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 سن-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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