Within these 15 stained glass windows are 1 113 separate scenes taken from the old and new testament.
Church stained glass windows paris.
Included in the restoration was an innovative thermoformed glass layer applied outside the stained glass windows for added protection.
It is located in the heart of paris on île de la cité an island in the middle of the river seine near notre dame de paris and pont neuf.
Photo by randi hausken the sainte chapelle is a 13th century gothic church in paris france that is known for its magnificent collection of stained glass windows.
Louis who had ordered the construction of the church.
Church stained glass window.
The work has been done to mark 800 years since the birth of king louis ix.
Its common practice in catholicism to house holy objects inside ornate containers called a reliquary.
This is the most beautiful stained glass you will see in paris and anywhere in france except chartres.
15 gloriously colored stain glass panels shooting 50 feet up.
The stained glass windows of the sainte chapelle have been painstakingly taken down and cleaned to remove centuries of dirt.
The project was completed in 2015 in time for the 800th anniversary of the birth of st.