Effigies of Clovis II and Charles Martel, Royal tombs, Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France

Effigy of Clovis II, 635-57, king of Neustria and Burgundy 639-57, and right, effigy of Charles Martel, 685-741, mayor of the palace of Austrasia of Neustria and Burgundy 721-41, both commissioned by Saint-Louis and made in stone 1263-64, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Abbey Church Of Saint Denis, France