Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Sang Chapel, Boulogne sur Mer
Devastated during the Revolution and destroyed only in 1858, the foundation stone of the present chapel was laid on 19 March 1859. Completed in 1861, the building was consecrated on July 22, 1862.
About this building
The English architect Hansom designed a chapel with an elongated plan, oriented like a large shrine, which stands in the centre of an enclosure closed by a gate on the street. The treasure of the chapel is made up of art objects of very diverse nature: reliquaries, two antepandia, the tiling of its floor, a sculpted group, sets of canopies, as well as a good part of its furniture. The interior decoration is very colourful.
