24 gen 1243 anni - Sainte-Chapelle, Paris France

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1. Who built the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and why? What purposes does it serve, both practically and symbolically?
- Louis IX
- To hold relics and serve as a propaganda statement
- stories:
- ground floor chapel for household servants
- upper chapel for royal family (above the people)

2. What relics were originally kept here?
- The crown of thorns
- A nail used in the Crucifixion
- A fragment of the True Cross

3. Describe the plan and support structure of the Sainte-Chapelle; how does this allow the walls of the upper chapel to be almost completely filled by stained glass windows?
- Uses contreforts, and iron-tie rods that link the buttresses and support the stained glass windows

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