Париж қаласындағы Луи XVI және Мария Антуанетта қабір-қанаты

Church in 8th arrondissement of Paris, France

The Chapelle expiatoire ("Expiatory Chapel") is a chapel located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The chapel was constructed on the grounds where King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had been buried after they had been guillotined, and it is therefore dedicated to them. The closest métro station is Saint Augustin .

The chapel was designed in 1816 by the French Neo Classical architect Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, who, with his partner Charles Percier, figured among Napoleon's favourite architects. Fontaine's assistant Louis Hippolyte Lebas oversaw the construction. The chapel was partly constructed on the grounds of the former Madeleine Cemetery, where King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had been buried after they had been guillotined. King Louis XVIII shared the 3 million livres expense of building the Chapelle expiatoire with the Duchess of Angoulême. Construction took ten years, and the chapel was inaugurated in 1826 in the presence of King Charles X. When he blessed the cornerstone of the Chapelle expiatoire, Hyacinthe Louis de Quélen, Archbishop of Paris, called in vain for an amnesty of the exiled members of the National Convention.

In 1862, the cypresses which surrounded the chapel were cut down, and a public park (Square Louis XVI) was created around the complex. In May 1871 the Paris Commune demanded that the Chapel be torn down. This was never put into effect. Every January 21, a memorial mass is held in the chapel to commemorate the death of Louis XVI. The Chapel was severely damaged by storm in 2009.