lower chapel
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The lower chapel is the ground-floor sanctuary of Paris’s Sainte-Chapelle, originally serving as a richly decorated place of worship for palace staff beneath the royal upper chapel.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapel
ⓘ
religious building ⓘ |
| accessTo | upper chapel of Sainte-Chapelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | Pierre de Montreuil (attributed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Rayonnant Gothic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Louis IX of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1248 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1241 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| floorAreaRelation | smaller than the upper chapel ⓘ |
| floorLevel | ground floor ⓘ |
| function | place of worship ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
decorated capitals
ⓘ
low ceiling compared to upper chapel ⓘ ribbed vaults ⓘ slender columns ⓘ |
| hasDecorativeMotif |
castles of Castile
ⓘ
fleur-de-lis ⓘ |
| hasDecorativeStyle | medieval polychromy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
apse
ⓘ
nave ⓘ painted columns ⓘ polychrome decoration ⓘ side aisles ⓘ stained-glass windows ⓘ statuary ⓘ vaulted ceiling ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Monument historique of France
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inception | 13th century ⓘ |
| lighting | less natural light than the upper chapel ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
1st arrondissement of Paris
ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Île de la Cité, Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
glass
ⓘ
painted plaster ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalFunction | chapel for palace staff ⓘ |
| partOf |
Palais de la Cité
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sainte-Chapelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativePosition | beneath the upper chapel of Sainte-Chapelle ⓘ |
| supportFunction | structural support for the upper chapel ⓘ |
| usedBy |
royal palace staff
ⓘ
visitors to Sainte-Chapelle ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction | tourist site in Paris ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.