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Tomb, Crypt, Collegiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent, Eu, Normandy, France

Tomb of Jeanne de Saveuse, d. 1448, first wife of Charles d'Artois, with recumbent effigy and coat of arms, in the crypt of the Collegiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent, in Eu, Normandy, France. The crypt was redesigned by Louis Philippe after it was damaged during the French Revolution. The church was originally founded in 925 by Guillaume I, comte d'Eu, and became an abbey in the 12th century, which was destroyed during the French Revolution. Only the collegiate church remains, which is owned by the Chateau d'Eu. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Tomb of Jeanne de Saveuse, d. 1448, first wife of Charles d'Artois, with recumbent effigy and coat of arms, in the crypt of the Collegiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent, in Eu, Normandy, France. The crypt was redesigned by Louis Philippe after it was damaged during the French Revolution. The church was originally founded in 925 by Guillaume I, comte d'Eu, and became an abbey in the 12th century, which was destroyed during the French Revolution. Only the collegiate church remains, which is owned by the Chateau d'Eu. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen