Royal Chapel of Dreux | |
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Chapelle royale de Dreux | |
Alternative names | Chapelle Saint-Louis de Dreux |
General information | |
Type | Chapel |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
Address | Rue de Penthièvre, Dreux, France |
Coordinates | 48°44′18″N 1°21′48″E / 48.73833°N 1.36333°E |
Construction started | 1816 |
Renovated | 1830s |
Owner | Fondation Saint-Louis |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Claude-Philippe Cramail (original building) Pierre-Bernard Lefranc (renovations) |
Designations | Monument historique |
Website | |
chapelle-royale-dreux.com |
The Royal Chapel of Dreux (French: Chapelle royale de Dreux) situated in Dreux, France, is the traditional burial place of members of the House of Orléans. It is an important early building in the French adoption of Gothic Revival architecture, despite being topped by a dome. Starting in 1828, Alexandre Brogniart, director of the Sèvres porcelain manufactory, produced fired-enamel paintings on large panes of plate glass for King Louis-Philippe I, an important early French commission in Gothic Revival taste, preceded mainly by some Gothic features in a few jardins paysagers.