Editing Chinon (section)

=== Church of Saint Étienne ===
[[File:Chinon, Saint-Étienne.jpg|thumb|Saint-Étienne church]]
The church of Saint Etienne, or [[Saint Stephen]] in English, is the parish church of the eastern quarter, not far from the collegiate church of Saint Mexme. It was completely reconstructed in the [[Flamboyant Gothic]] style, with the exception of the lower portion of the bell tower, in the 15th century. It has a large single [[aisle]] covered by ribbed vaults. The [[apse]] contains stained glass windows depicting scenes of religious importance in Chinon and the surrounding regions: the meeting of Queen and future Saint [[Radegonde]] and Saint John of Chinon in the 6th century; the miracle of Saint Mexme saving Chinon from a siege with a rain and thunder storm in the 5th century; the death of Martin of Tours in [[Candes-Saint-Martin]] in 397; and the meeting of [[Joan of Arc]] and the future [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] in 1429. They were produced on commission by the Atelier Lobin in Tours in the 19th century. It also houses the first statue of Joan of Arc in a church, placed there in 1900, two decades before her canonization.