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my first stop on tuesday in paris was sainte-chapelle , the "most beautiful church in paris."  this church was involved in the museum pass and is one of the national monuments .  i decided to go since it opened slightly earlier than notre dame and so i figured i could see it before heading over.  this was also one of the few churches that charges to go in (thus the museum pass).     i arrived about 15 minutes before it opened, but it took me over a half hour to get inside.it took about 15 minutes to get into the church since we had to go through security.  it was quite slow.  i will admit that i feel like i missed half the church, but i do not think i did.  each floor was quite small inside, but did have glorious stained glass windows.  it is two stories high.  they are about 15 feet tall and the intricacy is crazy.  i would not be surprised if there are over 30 pieces per foot.   besides the stained glass, t...