A chapelle ardente (Fr. "burning chapel") is a chapel or room in which the corpse of a sovereign or other exalted personage lies in state pending the funeral service. The name is in allusion to the many candles which are lighted round the catafalque. This custom is first chronicled as occurring at the obsequies of Dagobert I (602–638). [1]
The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France.
La Chapelle-Bouëxic is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
The Chapelle expiatoire is a chapel located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The chapel was constructed on the grounds where King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had been buried after they had been guillotined, and it is therefore dedicated to them.
Beaumont-de-Pertuis is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
The White Chapel of pharaoh Senusret I, also referred to as the Jubilee Chapel of Senusret I, was built during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. During the New Kingdom it was demolished and used as filler for the Third Pylon of the temple of Karnak, Precinct of Amun-Re.
La Chapelle-Heulin is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
La Chapelle-Neuve is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
La Vraie-Croix is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. Its inhabitants are called Langroëziens after the Breton name for the commune.
The Church of Our Lady of the Chapel, or the Chapel Church is a Roman Catholic church located on the Place de la Chapelle/Kapelleplein in the Marolles/Marollen district of Brussels, Belgium. This site is served by Brussels-Chapel railway station.
La Chapelle-Blanche is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
La Chapelle-Neuve is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Wintzenheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
La Chapelle-des-Pots is a commune in the center-east of the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France, in the former province of Saintonge.
La Chapelle-Janson is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France.
La Chapelle-Erbrée is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France.
La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France.
La Chapelle-de-Brain is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
La Chapelle-Blanche is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The village is located in the Combe de Savoie, on the southwestern slope of the hill Montraillant.
La Chapelle-du-Lou-du-Lac is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of La Chapelle-du-Lou and Le Lou-du-Lac.
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