Chapelle expiatoire
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The Chapelle expiatoire is a Roman Catholic chapel located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The chapel was constructed by Louis XVIII on the grounds where King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Ant
Chapelle expiatoire Août 2024
Mass in the chapel (1835), by Lancelot-Théodore Turpin de Crissé
Symbolic tombs of the Swiss guards in the entry garden
The facade
Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the French monarchy in 1792 during the French Revolution.
Chapelle expiatoire
…chapel located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The chapel was constructed by Louis XVIII on the grounds where King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had been buried after they had been guillotined, and it is dedicated to them as an expiation for that act. The remains of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette…
Marie-Antoinette à la Rose, 1783
Archduchess Maria Antonia c. 1762 by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, c. 1767–1768
Archduchess Maria Antonia depicted at age 13 in a 1769 portrait by Joseph Ducreux, which was sent to the Palace of Versailles in May 1769