Face, Crypt, Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France

Grotesque face, carved in stone on a vault in the crypt, built under Abbot Suger, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries, Paris, France. The crypt has 7 radiating chapels, reflecting those of the ambulatory above. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC18_FRANCE_MC_0238.jpg

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© Manuel Cohen

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