Editing Sainte-Chapelle (section)

===West front===
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File:Sainte-Chapelle de Paris vue du Palais de justice.JPG|The west front with rose window
File:Paris Sainte-Chapelle Rosette 1.jpg|Detail of the flamboyant rose window 
File:Sainte-Chapelle extérieur09.JPG|Portal of the lower chapel 
File:Paris Sainte-Chapelle Portal 2.jpg|Portal of the upper chapel 
File:Paris Sainte-Chapelle Giebel.jpg|Gable of the west front 
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The west front is composed of a porch two levels high, beneath a [[flamboyant]] Gothic rose window installed in the upper chapel in the 15th century. At the top is a pointed arch an oculus window, and a balustrade around the bottom of the roof, decorated with interlaced [[fleur-de-lys]] emblems placed by [[Charles V of France]]. On either side of the porch are towers which contain the narrow winding stairways to the upper chapel, and which also hide the buttresses. The spires of the towers are also decorated with royal fleur-des-lys beneath a sculpted crown of thorns. This decoration dates to the 15th century, and was restored in about 1850 by Geoffroy-Dechaume.{{sfn|de Finance|2012|p=22}}

The portal of the upper chapel is located on the balcony of the upper level. The original sculpture of the west portal was smashed during the Revolution. It was restored by Geoffroy-Dechaume between 1854 and 1873.{{sfn|de Finance|2012|p=22}}