The Saint-Léonard and Saint-Martin Chapel of Croissy-sur-Seine

This remarkable 13th-century Gothic chapel in the Yvelines was saved by a painter

In Croissy-sur-Seine, in the Yvelines, a 13th-century Gothic chapel nearly vanished from view. The Saint-Léonard-and-Saint-Martin Chapel guards nearly a thousand years of history—marked by royal pilgrimages, mysterious relics, and an unexpected artistic rebirth.