Sainte-Chapelle is the only part of the older complex that once was home to French kings. It remains in its entirety and was built by Louis IX to house a collection of holy relics from the Byzantium Empire. Consecrated in 1248, the chapel is one of the finest achievements of French High Gothic architecture in Paris and its delicate and minimal masonry combined with great expanses of magnificent stained glass give it a graceful fragility. To avoid the crowds that throng to see the Sainte-Chapelle it is wise get there as early as possible.

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