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	The Chapel Royal and The Opera
		The Chapel royal at Versailles is consecrated to Saint Louis (that is to say Louis IX of France, the French monarchy's crusader king).
		The chapel's architecture is simultaneously Gothic and Baroque.
		The Chapel Royal and Opera House are very much part of the present, thanks not only to guided tours but also to the masses, concerts, and operas held there.
	www.chateauversailles.fr /en/113_The_Chapel_Royal_and_The_Opera.php (562 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chapel Royal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Organizationally, the Chapel Royal is a department of the Ecclesiastical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
		The Chapel Royal was built by Henry VIII and decorated by Hans Holbein in honour of Henry's fourth marriage to Anne of Cleves.
		The chapel was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1843.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chapel-Royal (961 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Dean of the Chapel Royal is a senior office dating from 1312, which has been held since 1748 by the Bishop of London.
		The Chapel Royal is not only the institution, but also the name of the chapel (in the sense of a room) in the main part of St. James's Palace.
		The Chapel Royal in Scotland is under a Dean.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Chapel_Royal (726 words)

	Stirling Castle Chapel Royal Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Indeed, the earliest evidence for a castle was the investiture of a chapel within it by Alexander I in 1110.
		The first of the currently existing royal buildings surrounding the Inner Close was the King's Old Building, built by James IV in 1496.
		James IV probably intended to rebuild the Chapel Royal after the Great Hall was completed in 1504, but the Battle of Flodden intervened in 1513 and he never got round to it.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /stirling/stirlingcastle/chapelroyal.html (627 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chapel
		Under the high altar of Chartres cathedral is the chapel of St-Lubin, bounded on the west by a piece of the Gallo-Roman wall of the fortress of the Carnutenses, and here, it is believed, the first Christians of Chartres, who were allowed to erect a chapel against the wall itself, worshipped.
		As access to the chapels radiating from the main apse was inconvenient, later builders devised the ambulatory, or passage behind the apse proper and connecting all the apsidal chapels with the "procession path".
		In the Roman Rite the term "chapel of repose" is applied to the altar or chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is solemnly reserved between the Mass of Maundy Thursday and the Mass of the Presanctified on Good Friday.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03574b.htm (5348 words)

	Choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London
		The word 'chapel' is derived from the term for the cloaks, cappella, which were worn by the chaplains (cappellani) of the French court on their frequent journeys.
		A notable appearance of the Chapel Royal was with Henry VIII's court at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.
		The Chapels Royal fall under the jurisdiction of the Dean of the Chapels Royal (currently the Bishop of London), the Lord Chamberlain and, ultimately, the Sovereign.
	www.quilisma.com /pages/Artists/choir_of_the_chapels_royal.htm (958 words)

	Chemistry - Dean of the Chapel Royal
		In 1501 James IV founded a new Chapel Royal in Stirling Castle, but from 1504 onwards the deanery was held by successive Bishops of Galloway with the title of Bishop of the Chapel Royal and authority over all the royal palaces within Scotland.
		The deanery was annexed to the bishopric of Dunblane in 1621, and the Chapel Royal was removed to Holyrood.
		The office of Dean was suppressed with the abolition of prelacy in 1689, and the revenues of the Chapel Royal reverted to the Crown.
	www.chemistrydaily.com /chemistry/Dean_of_the_Chapel_Royal (229 words)

	§1. Early history of the Chapel Children. XI. The Children of the Chapel Royal and their Masters. Vol. 6. The ...
		The origin of the chapel is lost in unrecorded antiquity, the date of its earliest histrionic efforts is uncertain and the records of its later activity are woefully incomplete.
		Later, a sub-dean was added, the number of boys was increased to twelve, and there were various increases in the number of chaplains, or gentlemen of the chapel, to say nothing of the long list of probationers awaiting vacancies among the gentlemen; but these changes affected the size and not the functions of the institution.
		It has always been an organisation primarily for the celebration of divine service in the royal household, and its functions in its earliest years, as during the last three centuries, were, perhaps, limited strictly to this primary purpose.
	www.bartleby.com /216/1101.html (771 words)

	Memorial Sites > Diana, Princess of Wales > Background > Chapel Royal
		The Chapel ceiling, copied from the ambulatory vault of S. Costanza in Rome (of which the design was published by Serlio in Venice in 1537), with the painting attributed to Holbein, commemorates the short-lived marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves.
		In 1836 Sir Robert Smirke reduced the royal closet and enlarged the Chapel, installing oak panelling and adding a new ceiling at the south end, decorated with the names and cyphers of William IV and Queen Adelaide to match the earlier Holbein ceiling.
		Occasional Royal christenings take place in the Chapel and it is also used with The Queen's permission for christenings, weddings and funerals of members of the Royal Household.
	www.royalinsight.gov.uk /output/page261.asp (475 words)

	Royal Presidio Chapel--Early History of the California Coast--A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		The Royal Presidio Chapel, a National Historic Landmark, was constructed of stone in the 1790s.
		The first chapel was constructed of wood in 1770, and replaced by an adobe building that was later destroyed by fire.
		The chapel was designed in Mexico City at the Academy of San Carlos and constructed using Native American labor under the direction of master stonemason Manuel Ruiz.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/ca/ca28.htm (184 words)

	Easy Print from BloodHorse.com
		Chapel Royal, a son of Montbrook who topped the OBSC Calder select sale of 2-year-olds in February with a final bid of $1.2 million, showed he may have been well worth his hefty price after a dazzling performance in his career bow at Belmont Park Thursday.
		Chapel Royal continued his forward move into the turn and dueled along the outside of pacesetter Snow Eagle entering the lane.
		Chapel Royal is trained by Todd Pletcher and races for the partnership of Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith.
	www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory_plain.asp?id=15808 (200 words)

	THE ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL
		Generosity and vision transformed a wilderness into the paradise that is The Royal Poinciana Chapel today.
		The Chapel grows joyfully on its foundations: an interdenominational congregation, a free pulpit, splendid preaching and superb music.
		Worship Services at the chapel are held regularly at 10:30 a.m.
	www.royalpoincianachapel.org (457 words)

	Hampton Court Palace (Chapel Royal)
		The Chapel Royal is a body of priests and singers who serve the spiritual needs of the Sovereign.
		The Chapel Royal used to travel with the court as it resided at various royal palaces including Hampton Court, though now, it is permanently based at St James's Palace, and attends the Sovereign at the Royal Maundy service, on Remembrance Sunday in Whitehall, and on other occasions as commanded by Her Majesty.
		The choir is subject to the jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain's Office and of the Dean of the Chapels Royal (the Bishop of London), and it reaffirms its link annually with the historic Chapel Royal when it combines with the choir of the Chapels Royal, St James's Palace to sing evensong.
	www.churchmusic.org.uk /cathmus/hampton.html (355 words)

	Art & Residences > Royal Residences > The Chapels Royal
		The term Chapel Royal did not originally refer to a building but an establishment.
		Over time the term has become associated with a number of chapels used by monarchs for worship over the centuries.
		Today the two main Chapels Royal are located at St. James's Palace in London: The Chapel Royal and The Queen's Chapel.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page3249.asp (81 words)

	The British Monarchy
		The Chapel ceiling, copied from the mosaic at St Constanza's in Rome, with panels attributed to Holbein, commemorates the short-lived marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves in 1540 by the use of heraldry and the names of the Cleve family lands.
		The original Tudor Closet was a gallery on stilts, and it was here that Elizabeth I said her prayers for the defence of the Realm against the threat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, having chosen to remain at St James's Palace to receive messages of its progress by fire beacons from Cornwall.
		The Chapel Royal has always been considered to be the cradle of English church music, and among its many noted organists and composers were Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons and Henry Purcell - the latter lived in a suite of apartments in St James's Palace.
	www.colinburns.com /di/www.royal.gov.uk/palaces/chapel.htm (496 words)

	Royal Chapel Tsuklakhang,Place of Worship in Sikkim,Worship in Churches,Sikkim Buddhist Church,Buddhist Church in ...
		Royal Chapel Tsuklakhang,Place of Worship in Sikkim,Worship in Churches,Sikkim Buddhist Church,Buddhist Church in Sikkim,Religious Churches of Sikkim
		The Royal Chapel, Tsuklakhang, is within the palace grounds.
		Resplendent Buddhist murals span the stoutly ornate wood of the wall, while the eternal butter lamp burns before the floor ceiling altar; the fragrant Juniper incense that pervades the chapel air heightens the air of peace and calm.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /sikkim/buddhist-heritage/tasuklakhang-royal-chapel.html (283 words)

	Chapel Royal: war
		This fine painting of the Good Shepherd, which Mileham described as showing the "intimate relation and active interest in the individual soul taken by the Divinity" was supplemented by two more paintings in the next year, those of the Disciples on the Sea and of the Prodigal Son.
		He saw the Chapel Royal as a "City Church" with its emphasis upon the people who worked around the church rather than on the minute population of the locality.
		It was this among other things which was to lead the Diocese to admit in 1949 "We recognise that the Chapel Royal holds a unique place in the town".
	www.crbr.org /building/war.asp (462 words)

	ALLEGRO MUSIC - Order Page
		It was largely through the efforts of “Captain”Henry Cooke (c.1615—1672) that the choir of the Chapel Royal was successfully restored at the Restoration in 1660.
		Originally the Chapel Royal referred to a group of singers and clergy serving the spiritual needs of England’s sovereign, but later the term became attached to a building as well; several buildings, in fact, of which the Chapel Royal within St. James’s Palace, London (built 1702) is the one most often meant.
		The famed choir of the Chapel Royal achieved its zenith during the reign of Elizabeth I, when William Byrd and Thomas Tallis were both organists there.
	www.allegro-music.com /online_catalog.asp?sku_tag=CRO316041 (230 words)

	The Chapel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The chapel was torn down in conjunction with Gustaf III's renovation of the palace in 1774.
		The present chapel was designed by architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander and was built in the 1860s on a headland south of the palace.
		The chapel is built in Dutch new Renaissance style with certain influences from Venice.
	www.royalcourt.se /theroyalpalaces/ulriksdalpalace/thechapel.4.19fe5e61065eb9aeea80003298.html (169 words)

	The Royal Chapel of St. Anthony,The Royal Chapel of St. Anthony in Goa,St. Anthony in Goa
		The Royal Chapel of St. Anthony,The Royal Chapel of St. Anthony in Goa,St. Anthony in Goa
		To the west of the tower of St. Augustine is the Royal Chapel dedicated to St. Anthony, the national saint of Portugal and held in great veneration by the Portuguese.
		Further to the west of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi is the chapel of St. Catherine.
	www.goa-travel-tourism.com /churches-of-goa/the-royal-chapel-of-st-anthony.html (1189 words)

	National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Royal Presidio Chapel)
		The Royal Presidio Chapel of San Carlos de Borroméo de Monterey was closely associated with political activities in California; in addition to being used for religious services, which were attended by the Spanish Governors, it was the scene of many colorful ceremonies that were part of the affairs of state.
		The largest hut was utilized as the mission chapel until the next year, when Serra moved his mission to a new site at present-day Carmel, 3 miles south of Monterey; thereafter the hut and the building that replaced it came to be known as the Royal Chapel (La Capilla Real) of the Presidio of Monterey.
		The chapel reflects the handiwork of Mexican Indians who were imported to construct the building and whose renderings of religious motifs have survived as notable examples of primitive art.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/explorers/sitec8.htm (897 words)

	Chapel Royal
		Die Chapel Royal verfügt über einen bedeutenden Chor.
		Zu den berühmtesten Musikern, die an der Chapel Royal tätig waren, gehören Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons und Henry Purcell.
		Auch Georg Friedrich Händel war als Organist an der Chapel Royal tätig, er trug den Titel eines »Composer of Musick of His Majesty's Chappel Royal«, konnte aber als Deutscher kein reguläres Mitglied werden.
	www.adam-riese.de /Chapel_Royal.html (383 words)

	Windsor Castle and St George's Chapel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An introduction to the history of royal dining, past and present, followed by a guided visit to the Great Kitchen and medieval Undercroft, neither of which are normally open to the public.
		It is the Chapel of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Britain's highest order of chivalry founded by Edward III in 1348.
		Beyond St George's Chapel is the entrance to the Albert Memorial Chapel, converted by Queen Victoria as a memorial to her husband Prince Albert who died in 1861.
	www.windsor.gov.uk /attractions/castle.htm (1221 words)

	Royal Insight > Focus > Order of Merit > Restoration of the Chapel Royal
		This harks back to the centuries of state diplomacy conducted by the Sovereign on campaign overseas upon ground rendered holy by the presence of the Dean of the Chapel Royal or within a consecrated Chapel.
		The chapel's Holbein ceiling has been cleaned, and three new panels introduced featuring heraldic devices particular to The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales.
		These improvements, together with the new window, will ensure that this historic chapel is seen to its best effect by all who visit it for many decades to come.
	www.royalinsight.gov.uk /output/page1881.asp (521 words)

	RMAS: Royal Memorial Chapel
		The original chapel of 1813 is still part of Old College, and is known today as the Indian Army Memorial Room.
		Further information on the two Chapels and the activities of their congregations is to be found on the Chapel website.
		Every Sunday morning service in the Royal Memorial Chapel begins with the protective glass case being opened and a page of the book being turned to reveal the year and the theatre of war in which the officer was killed.
	www.sandhurst.mod.uk /tour/chapel.htm (739 words)

	Royal Presidio Chapel
		Royal Presidio Chapel, San Carlos Church, Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo From its founding on June 3, 1770, this chapel has accompanied Monterey on its path through history.
		Three versions of the chapel were built and lost to fire or reconstruction before work began on the stone building visitors see today.
		It served as the catherdral of the Bishop of Monterey from 1850 to 1857.
	www.historicmonterey.org /?p=presidio_chapel (361 words)

	Chapel Royal - Definition, explanation
		The Chapel Royal is the official chapel of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
		Under Charles II the choir was often augmented by violinists from the royal band; at various times the chapel has also employed composers, lutenistss and viol players.
		The Chapel Organ of Royal Holloway, University of London
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ch/chapel_royal.php (525 words)

	Berkshire History: Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA, Sandhurst (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Royal Memorial Chapel at RMA Sandhurst has a very special place in the hearts of all those officers who serve, or have served, in the British Army.
		It was in January 1947 that the former Royal Military College and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich (which had closed in 1939) were amalgamated as the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
		The memorials in this chapel are evidence of how their forebears, as well as more recent cadets, have given their lives in service to their country, their Regiments and their soldiers.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /churches/royal_memorial_chapel.html (336 words)

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