The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis) is a large former...
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and basilica, around which grew up the French city of Saint-Denis, now a suburb of Paris. The medieval and modern French masculine given name Denis derives...
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Métropole du Grand Paris. Saint-Denis is home to the royal necropolis of the Basilica of Saint-Denis and was also the location of the associated abbey. The...
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Seine-Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [sɛn sɛ̃ d(ə)ni]) is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the Île-de-France region...
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French Gothic stained glass windows (category History of glass)
feet of the Virgin. (1140–1144) Windows of the Chapel of the Virgin at the Basilica of Saint-Denis. The Tree of Jesse window is on the right Detail of the...
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Rayonnant (category History of glass)
dedication of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, and had the east end of St. Paul's Cathedral remodelled in 1258 to resemble it. The Basilica of Saint-Denis, which...
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Sacré-Cœur, Paris (redirect from Montmartre's Basilica of Sacré Coeur)
the patron saint of Paris, Saint Denis of Paris, was beheaded by the Romans. His tomb became the site of the Basilica of Saint Denis, the traditional...
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of the portal of Basilica of Saint Denis Early Gothic style: Prophet's head, 1137-1140, originally in the Basilica of St. Denis Image of Biblical Wise...
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Suger (redirect from Suger of Saint-Denis)
reconstruction of the Basilica of Saint-Denis where he was abbot was instrumental in the creation of Gothic architecture. Suger was born into a family of minor...
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treasure of the Basilica of Saint-Denis (also known as Basilique royale de Saint-Denis) until 1795, when it disappeared, stolen in the basilica and never...
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