'Front of the Abbey Church of Saint Denis, The Burial Place of the French Kings', c1906, (1907). Artist: Unknown.

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'Front of the Abbey Church of Saint Denis, The Burial Place of the French Kings', c1906, (1907).The Basilica of Saint Denis, completed in 1144, is considered to be the first Gothic church. It is the burial place of the French kings with nearly every king from the 10th to the 18th centuries being buried there. From The World's History, Volume VI. Edited by Dr. H. F. Helmolt [William Heinemann, London, 1907]

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