"La Chapelle expiatoire des Carmes", at Carmes square, Saint-Claude, Franche-Comté, Jura, France:
Saint-Claude, Jura, France: The byzantine "Chapelle expiatoire des Carmes" (in english: Expiatory Chapel of the Carmes) is seen at Carmes square, After having been sheltered in the Cathedral, the body of Saint-Claude's was burned in 1794, during French Revolution and a few reliefs kept by a shoeman clled Jacquet who kept them in his own house. The Chapel is now built on this place and shelters the relics of the Saint.
Size: 4000px × 2672px
Location: Les Rousses, Jura, France
Photo credit: © Serge Mouraret / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: architecture, building, byzantine, catholicism, chapel, chapelle, christianity, cityscape, france, franche-comte, franche-comté, jura, relics, religion, religious, saint-claude, style