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The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis [1]) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris.
Saint-Denis - Porte de Paris (closest Metro station to the Stade de France) Basilique de Saint-Denis (in the centre of town, near the Saint Denis Basilica) Saint-Denis – Université; Tramways in Île-de-France: T1: Asnières-Gennevilliers – Noisy-le-Sec: T5: Saint-Denis – Garges-Sarcelles; T8: Saint-Denis – Épinay-sur-Seine / Villetaneuse
Basilica of St. Clotilde, Paris, or Saints Clotilde and Valerius Basilique Sainte-Clotilde, Paris or Basilique Sainte-Clotilde et Saint-Valéry, Paris: Paris 7e: 29 April 1898: Basilica of St. Denys, Argenteuil Basilique Saint-Denys de Argenteuil: Argenteuil, Val d'Oise: 23 August 1898: Meaux Cathedral: Meaux, Seine-et-Marne: 12 June 1912
The basilica contains a large and very fine pipe organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, the most celebrated organ builder in Paris in the 19th century. His other organs included those of Saint-Denis Basilica (1841), Sainte-Clotilde Basilica (1859), Saint-Sulpice church and Notre Dame de Paris (1868). The organ is composed of 109 ranks and 78 ...
Designed for and installed at the Saint-Denis Basilica, France, it was commissioned in 1515 in memory of Louis XII (d. 1515, aged 52) and his queen Anne of Brittany (d. 1514, aged 36), probably by Louis' successor Francis I (reigned 1515–1547), and after years of design and intensive building was unveiled in 1531. [2]
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One of the engravings from the description of the treasury by Michel Félibien, 1706.Among other objects, it depicts Joyeuse (far left), the Cross of Saint Eligius (left), the bust reliquary of Saint Benedict (center), the Screen of Charlemagne (right); and on the front row, from left to right, Suger's Eagle, the Navette de Saint Denis, the Sardonyx Ewer, and the Crown of Charlemagne.
Of exceptional height and length, it is one of the largest churches in Paris. In 1871, the church was a meeting hall for members of the Paris Commune. Saint-Germain de Charonne: 4 place Saint-Blaise Mix of styles from the 12th, 15th and 17th centuries Saint-Germain de Charonne is one of the oldest churches in Paris.