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Devotional Petals: Ambulatory Chapels at Saint‑Denis

How radiating chapels shape distributed prayer and movement around the shrine in Saint‑Denis’s ambulatory.

1/24/2026
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View toward ambulatory with chapels

Chapels petal around the ambulatory. Each becomes a station where light, image, and stone fold into prayer. Devotion is distributed yet focused.


Chapel Types

  • Relic focus: Small shrines at niche centers.
  • Image focus: Panels for didactic reading.
  • Altar focus: Micro‑liturgies during feasts.

Ambulatory Nave rhythm

Devotion is distributed yet focused.

Auteur

Architecture Writer

Architecture Writer

Als Parijs‑liefhebber en reisschrijver heb ik deze gids gemaakt om je te helpen Saint‑Denis te ontmoeten — van de geboorte van gotisch licht tot de intieme aanwezigheid van koninklijk geheugen.

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Saint-Denis
Ambulatory
Chapels
Devotion
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