1248 · Paris, France

Sainte-Chapelle

unknown (royal workshop)

A reliquary of light — slender stone bones carrying 600 m² of stained glass that turn the upper chapel into a jewel.

• Built in just 7 years to house relics of Christ's Passion
• 1,113 individual stained-glass panels, 70% original 13th-century
• Structurally radical: walls almost entirely glass