Located north of Paris is the Abbey of Saint-Denis. The place has long been a pilgrimage site and the first church was erected here in the 5th Century. Later the abbey was built and altered throughout the ages.
Some attractions within Abbey of Saint-Denis Map:
  • (1) Porte des Valois
  • (2) S doorway (13th c.)
  • (3) Choir-stalls (by Gaillon)
  • (4) Bishop's throne
  • (5) Virgin and Child (from St-Martin-des-Champs)
  • (6) Stairs to crypt
  • (7) Treasury
  • (8) Cavaille-Coll organ
  • ALTARS
  • (9) High altar
  • (10) St-Denis
  • (11) Crucifixion
  • (12) Childhood of Christ
  • (13) St-Peregrin
  • (14) St-Eustache
  • (15) Evangelists (remains of mosaics)
  • Tombs
  • (a) Clovis
  • (b) Dagobert I and Nantilde
  • (c) Pepin the Short
  • (d) Charles Martel
  • (e) Francis I and Claude de France
  • (f) Charles V
  • (g) Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne
  • (h) Henry II and Catherine de Medicis



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