Chapelle expiatoire
Church in 8th arrondissement of Paris, France
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The Chapelle expiatoire (French pronunciation: [ʃapɛl ɛkspjatwaʁ], "chapel of expiation") is a Roman Catholic chapel located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The chapel was constructed by Louis XVIII on the grounds where King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had been buried after they had been guillotined, and it is dedicated to them as an expiation for that act. The remains of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are not in the chapel; they are now in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, near Paris, with other French monarchs.
A commemorative mass is celebrated in the chapel every year on the Sunday closest to 21 January, the anniversary of the death of Louis XVI.
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