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Sainte Chapelle, France

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While many claim that Paris ’ must - see cathedral is Notre Dame de Paris , Sainte Chapelle should also be high up on the list . This stunningMedieval Gothic gemwas commissioned by Louis IX in 1239 , who , in a typical , decadent monarchic fashion , required nothing short of an opulent cathedral to lay in his Brobdingnagian collection of Christian keepsake .

Within the extremely - vault ceiling of the church are fifteen of the humans ’s fineststained glasswindows , all of which depict highly concentrated and detailed vista from the Old and New Testament . These bulwark were n’t so divine that they were resistant to human tampering , though ; as a result of the French revolution , one third of the varnished glassful instalment had to be replaced .

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The Chicago Cultural Center, USA

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While the Windy City might not house the nation ’s winningest sport teams , it does boast one of the world ’s most impressive display of varnished glass . Today ’s Chicago Cultural Center , which was to begin with design as a library in 1887 , feature a 38 - base marvelous Tiffany glass dome , which many Chicagoans lay claim to be the largest Tiffany dome in the world .

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Grossmünster Church, Switzerland

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Within the ancient , austere paries of this Zurich property of adoration ( courtesy of great reformist Huldrych Zwingli ) lay some extravagant 20th hundred artistry . In 2009 , artist Sigmar Polke take to the iconic Swiss church and vamped it up with stained glass window made of the semiprecious Oliver Stone agate to set the erectile internal aglow . The aesthetic “ reformation ” was as visually pleasing as it was necessary ; 19th century composer Richard Wagner was know to have made fun of the church ’s two - spired appearance , knight it the Church of “ Two Pepper Dispensers ” .

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