Royal Church of Saint-Louis of Chambord, Chambord
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About Royal Church of Saint-Louis of Chambord
Built in 1666 at the request of King Louis XIV, this royal church stands on the site of a 12th-century Benedictine priory within the Domaine National de Chambord. It is the only church in France that belongs to the State rather than a municipality, as it sits inside the 32-kilometer walled royal estate. The neo-Renaissance building was enlarged in 1684 and extensively restored between 1839 and 1855 for Henri, Count of Chambord, the Bourbon pretender to the French throne.
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During the French Revolution, the church was stripped of its religious artworks in 1792 and converted into a "Temple of Reason," renamed Notre Dame de Septembre. It only returned to Catholic worship after the revolutionary period ended.
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