Section through the upper and lower chapels of the Valois Mausoleum at the Basilica of St Denis. Built in the 16th century, Notre-Dame-de-la-Rotonde was modeled on circular Roman temples. The third level dome was never finished and the rotunda demolished in 1719. Profil des Chapelles d'en haut et d'en bas ou font les Sepultures des Rois de Valois a St. Denis. Copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Jean Marot from his Recueil des Plans, Profils et Elevations de Plusieurs Palais, Chasteaux, Eglises, Sepultures, Grotes et Hotels, Collection of Plans, Profiles and Elevations of Palaces, Castl
Section through the upper and lower chapels of the Valois Mausoleum at the Basilica of St Denis. Built in the 16th century, Notre-Dame-de-la-Rotonde was modeled on circular Roman temples. The third level dome was never finished and the rotunda demolished in 1719. Profil des Chapelles d'en haut et d'en bas ou font les Sepultures des Rois de Valois a St. Denis. Copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Jean Marot from his Recueil des Plans, Profils et Elevations de Plusieurs Palais, Chasteaux, Eglises, Sepultures, Grotes et Hotels, Collection of Plans, Profiles and Elevations of Palaces, Castles, Churches, Tombs, Grottos and Hotels, chez Mariette, Paris, 1655.
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