La Sainte Chapelle

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Sainte Chapelle can be regarded as a huge tomb built for the relics of the Crucifixion on kreste.V 1239 St. Louis bought a crown of thorns at the Venetian merchants over 135 thousand. Pounds in 1241 torture instruments were purchased Beaudoin II of the King of Jerusalem. Holy Louis did not want to see these holy relics were scattered in different places, so commanded to build Sainte Chapelle, a special church in the Royal Palace on the island of the Cité, to emphasize the close relationship between the relics of saints, and monarchy (later the palace was replaced by Justice building).