Royal Chapel
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The Royal Chapel at the Palace of Versailles is a grand Baroque church renowned for its soaring vaulted ceiling, rich ornamentation, and role as the site of royal ceremonies under the French monarchy.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles | 0 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque church
ⓘ
Roman Catholic church building ⓘ chapel ⓘ |
| architect |
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert de Cotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Classical architecture
ⓘ
French Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceilingDecorationBy | Antoine Coypel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Louis XIV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1710 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1689 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Ancien Régime of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Corinthian colonnades
ⓘ
large stained-glass windows ⓘ marble columns ⓘ organ loft ⓘ painted ceiling ⓘ rich interior ornamentation ⓘ royal tribune gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ soaring vaulted ceiling ⓘ |
| hasOrganBy |
Julien Tribuot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Clicquot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Palace and Park of Versailles" ⓘ |
| inaugurated | 1710 ⓘ |
| liturgicalOrientation | east–west ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
ⓘ
Palace of Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvelines NERFINISHED ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| monarchAssociatedWith |
Louis XIV of France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louis XV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis XVI of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
royal daily mass attended by Louis XIV
ⓘ
wedding of Louis XV by proxy to Marie Leszczyńska in 1725 ⓘ |
| partOf | Palace of Versailles complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Louis XIV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sculptureBy |
Corneille Van Clève
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guillaume Coustou NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolas Coustou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1979 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Te Deum services
ⓘ
daily mass for the royal court ⓘ royal baptisms ⓘ royal religious ceremonies ⓘ royal weddings ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.