Chapelle Expiatoire
Louis XVIII commissioned French architect Pierre Fontaine to build a chapel on the spot in expiation, forgiveness, for the crimes of the Revolution, and in memory of his brother and his Queen.
Taking over two years to clear the site for construction, Fontaine completed the work and Chapelle Expiatoire was inaugurated in 1826.
The dome of Chapelle Expiatoire was the creation of architect Charles Percier.
The last service to be held in the Chapel was in 1882.
The Chapelle Expiatoire is surrounded by a lovely and inviting garden, Square Louis XVI.
It is a quiet and popular oasis of park benches, swaths of grass, plantings of flowering shrubs and beds of roses.
The many types of trees in the garden were planted to commemorate the different classes of people who died during the Revolution.
Wedding bouquet by Jeff Leatham in Paris
The wedding photographs were taken by Olivier of WeddingLight
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