Illustration - Sainte Chapelle - Paris
FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA004688969
- Registered date
- 2014/9/07 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Compoint Stephane/Only Paris/ABACA
- Media size
- 5000 × 3333 pixel
- Resolution
- 72 dpi
- Deployment size
- 7.91(MB)*
- Special instruction
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.
