The orginal steeple made of wood has been replaced several times: in 1383, 1460 and 1640. The current steeple, made of delicately forged wrought iron, was designed by architect Jean-Baptiste Lassus in 1853.
 

Clouds lit by the setting sun behind Sainte-Chapelle on île de la Cité.

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