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La chapelle de la Salpêtrière: vue de la cour Mazarin

Description

Abstract:
The chapel of the Salpêtrière Hospital, viewed from the adjoining courtyard. The chapel was commissioned in 1669 by Louis XIV. Designed by the architect Libéral Bruant, the chapel has four naves, to keep the four types of patients separated in each one of the naves during mass (women, men, boys and girls).

Citation

"La chapelle de la Salpêtrière: vue de la cour Mazarin " (1925). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:1102236/

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  • Paris: Capital of the 19th Century

    The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.

    It offers online access to …

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