Bourbon vault, crypt, Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France

Funerary slabs in the Bourbon vault or Hilduin chapel, with walls and capitals dating to the 12th century, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. This remains interred in this vault include Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII and Louis VII. 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