Example sentences for: sainte-

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  • Ontario’s history is preserved in lovingly reconstructed villages and forts marking the passage of French Jesuit missionaries at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons, a fur-trading post at Thunder Bay, military positions at Fort George (Niagara) and Fort Henry (Kingston), and the pioneer communities at Upper Canada Village (Morrisburg) and Black Creek (Toronto).

  • Concealed in the courtyard between them is a Gothic masterpiece, the Sainte-Chapelle, whose fine proportions stand in sharp contrast to the ponderous palace.

  • West of town, Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is a reconstruction of the Jesuit mission built in 1639.

  • In 1239, there was the procession of Louis IX, barefoot, carrying his holy treasure, Jesus’s Crown of Thorns (now in the Sainte-Chapelle); in 1430, it saw the humiliation of Henry VI of England (he was crowned King of France here; see page 15).

  • The cathedral’s original architect is unknown, but Pierre de Montreuil (who was involved in the building of Sainte-Chapelle) was responsible for a large part of the 13th-century work.


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