Francois I and Claude of France monument, Royal tombs, Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France

Funerary monument of Francois I, 1494-1547, and Claude of France, 1499-1524, commissioned by Henri II and made by Pierre Bontemps in 1550, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. This monument originally came from the Abbaye des Hautes-Bruyires in Yvelines. 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