Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence

The Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, regularly alluded to as the Matisse Chapel or the Vence Chapel, is a little Catholic house of prayer situated in the town of Vence on the French Riviera. It was devoted to the Dominican Order. The congregation was manufactured and adorned somewhere in the range of 1949 and 1951 under an arrangement contrived by Henri Matisse.

It houses various Matisse firsts and was viewed by Matisse himself as his "perfect work of art". While the basic white outside has drawn blended audits from easygoing onlookers, some see it as one of the extraordinary religious structures of the 20th century. The house of prayer is based on a slope and is entered by sliding a trip of stairs, and afterward swinging to one side. The house of prayer is in a L shape, with the more drawn out part straightforwardly inside the entryway.

The special stepped area is set at an edge where the two legs of the L join. There is a little blessing shop related with the sanctuary; salary goes to help the nuns and the house of prayer. There are likewise two entryways in cut wood, structured by Matisse, for the confession booths. Along the foyer to the blessing shop are photographs of Matisse planning the house of prayer. There are additionally a portion of Matisse's unique representations for the Stations and vestments.