Effigy of Constance d’Arles, Royal tombs, Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France

Effigies from the tomb of Constance d’Arles, 984-1032, queen of the Franks, and her husband, Robert II the Pious, 970-1031, king of the Franks 996-1031, commissioned by Saint-Louis 1263-64, in stone, 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