Showing posts with label cadaver tombs at Saint-Denis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cadaver tombs at Saint-Denis. Show all posts

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Sunday Church Series - Saint Denis


Basilique cathédrale de Saint-Denis, featuring over 70 incumbent figures and tombs of French royalty. Many immortalized with their beloved pets such as these. This is a stunning cathedral and when the afternoon sun streams through the stained glass windows, it is breathtaking.

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Sunday Church Series - Royauté



While in Paris, if you're wanting to pay your respects to France's kings and their families, then you must visit Basilique royale de Saint-Denis. Often called the necropolis of French royalty, it houses the remains of all but three of the monarchs of France from the 10th Century until 1789. Of special interest, the cadaver tombs , two of which are shown above.