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  • Dying Warrior relief, detail, from the Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1922 and inaugurated 1933, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place Dina-Vierny in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a wall of grey marble carved with reliefs. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border, where Maillol was born and lived. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Glory of the French Colonial Expansion (Monument a la Gloire de l’Expansion Coloniale), sculptural detail from the Asian section, 1913, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, 1863-1919, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculptural group consists of 5 sections which have been dismantled and are stored near the entrance to the garden. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1919 and inaugurated 1923, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place de l'Obelisque in Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a sculpture of a reclining woman holding olive branches, and an obelisk. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1919 and inaugurated 1923, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place de l'Obelisque in Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a sculpture of a reclining woman holding olive branches, and an obelisk. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1919 and inaugurated 1923, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place de l'Obelisque beside the harbour in Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a sculpture of a reclining woman holding olive branches, and an obelisk. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Bride and the Mother, or The Consolation, relief, detail, from the Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1922 and inaugurated 1933, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place Dina-Vierny in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a wall of grey marble carved with reliefs. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border, where Maillol was born and lived. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1919 and inaugurated 1923, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place de l'Obelisque in Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a sculpture of a reclining woman holding olive branches, and an obelisk. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. In the distance is the Hotel de Ville or town hall, and the Quai Jean Moulin. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonial figure, from the Monument to the Glory of the French Colonial Expansion (Monument a la Gloire de l’Expansion Coloniale), 1913, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, 1863-1919, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculptural group consists of 5 sections which have been dismantled and are stored near the entrance to the garden. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of the Republic, seated woman holding flag and wearing laurel crown, from the Monument to the Glory of the French Colonial Expansion (Monument a la Gloire de l’Expansion Coloniale), 1913, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, 1863-1919, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculptural group consists of 5 sections which have been dismantled and are stored near the entrance to the garden. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Glory of the French Colonial Expansion (Monument a la Gloire de l’Expansion Coloniale), sculptural detail, 1913, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, 1863-1919, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculptural group consists of 5 sections which have been dismantled and are stored near the entrance to the garden. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Glory of the French Colonial Expansion (Monument a la Gloire de l’Expansion Coloniale), sculptural detail from the Asian section, 1913, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, 1863-1919, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculptural group consists of 5 sections which have been dismantled and are stored near the entrance to the garden. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dying Warrior relief, from the Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1922 and inaugurated 1933, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place Dina-Vierny in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a wall of grey marble carved with reliefs. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border, where Maillol was born and lived. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1919 and inaugurated 1923, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place de l'Obelisque in Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a sculpture of a reclining woman holding olive branches, and an obelisk. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Black Soldiers Dead for France, detail, memorial commemorating those killed during the First World War, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Indochinese Christians Dead for France, commemorating those killed during the First World War, detail, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Soldiers of Madagascar, commemorating those killed during the First World War, detail, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Glory of the French Colonial Expansion (Monument a la Gloire de l’Expansion Coloniale), sculptural detail from the Asian section, 1913, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, 1863-1919, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculptural group consists of 5 sections which have been dismantled and are stored near the entrance to the garden. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crossing the Mouzaia Pass in Algeria in 1840, bronze relief on the base of the Monument au duc d’Orleans, equestrian statue of Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orleans, son of King Louis Philippe, c. 1844, by Carlo Marocchetti, 1805-67, at the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. The statue was originally at the Louvre, then at Versailles from 1848, before being moved here. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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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  • Funerary monument of Dagobert, 603-39, Merovingian king of France 629-39, with reliefs depicting the legend of John the Hermit, stone, c. 1264, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Dagobert was the first king to be buried in the basilica. The effigy of Dagobert and statues of Nanthild, his wife and Clovis II, his son are 19th century reproductions. 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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  • Funerary monument of Francois I, 1494-1547, and Claude of France, 1548-70, in marble, by Pierre Bontemps, 1505-68, commissioned by Henry II, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. On the right is the funerary monument of Francois II, 1544-60, king of France 1559-60, son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, where his heart was buried, made 1572 by Primaticcio, in marble, originally from the Eglise des Celestins in Paris and moved to Saint-Denis in 1818. 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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  • 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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  • Monument to Cambodians and Laotians Dead for France, detail, stupa, erected 1926, commemorating those killed during the First World War, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parts of the Monument to the Glory of the French Colonial Expansion (Monument a la Gloire de l’Expansion Coloniale), 1913, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, 1863-1919, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The section on the right represents Asia. The sculptural group consists of 5 sections which have been dismantled and are stored near the entrance to the garden. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eagle sculpture on top of the Monument to the Soldiers of Madagascar, commemorating those killed during the First World War, detail, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_1106.jpg
  • Monument to the Indochinese Christians Dead for France, commemorating those killed during the First World War, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_1071.jpg
  • Monument to Cambodians and Laotians Dead for France, stupa, erected 1926, commemorating those killed during the First World War, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument au duc d’Orleans, bronze equestrian statue of Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orleans, son of King Louis Philippe, c. 1844, by Carlo Marocchetti, 1805-67, at the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. The statue was originally at the Louvre, then at Versailles from 1848, before being moved here. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument au duc d’Orleans, bronze equestrian statue of Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orleans, son of King Louis Philippe, c. 1844, by Carlo Marocchetti, 1805-67, in the evening, at the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. The statue was originally at the Louvre, then at Versailles from 1848, before being moved here. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument au duc d’Orleans, bronze equestrian statue of Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orleans, son of King Louis Philippe, c. 1844, by Carlo Marocchetti, 1805-67, at the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. The statue was originally at the Louvre, then at Versailles from 1848, before being moved here. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Prudence holding a mirror, on the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Fortitude, from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might or Fortitude, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, in the Chapelle Saint-Michel, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. This tomb was originally in the Chapelle des Celestins in Paris. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigies, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Stitches on the opening made to preserve the body, detail on the effigy of Louis XII from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigies, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Dagobert, 603-39, Merovingian king of France 629-39, with reliefs depicting the legend of John the Hermit, stone, c. 1264, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Dagobert was the first king to be buried in the basilica. The effigy of Dagobert and statues of Nanthild, his wife and Clovis II, his son are 19th century reproductions. 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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  • Funerary monument of Dagobert, 603-39, Merovingian king of France 629-39, with reliefs depicting the legend of John the Hermit, stone, c. 1264, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Dagobert was the first king to be buried in the basilica. The effigy of Dagobert and statues of Nanthild, his wife and Clovis II, his son are 19th century reproductions. 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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  • Funerary monument of Francois I, 1494-1547, and Claude of France, 1548-70, in marble, by Pierre Bontemps, 1505-68, commissioned by Henry II, 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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  • Funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, in the Chapelle Saint-Michel, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Statuettes of 24 saints and apostles stand in niches around the tomb, which was commissioned in 1502 by Louis XII and made by Italian artists. This tomb was originally in the Chapelle des Celestins in Paris. 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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  • Russian Orthodox monument, built 1917 by soldiers of the Russian 2nd Special Regiment in memory of their fallen comrades, near the site of the Mourmelon military camp, beside the Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried here. An adjoining Orthodox Chapel was designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37 with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of cardinal Jean de La Grange, 1325-1402, bishop of Amiens from 1373, attributed to Andre Beauneveu, in the axial chapel at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. The monument was originally placed to the left of the high altar, but now lies on a white stone base from the monument of bishop Arnoul de le Pierre, below the mausoleum to canon Guilain Lucas. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument to Monseigneur Alphonse Martin Larue, bishop of Langres 1884-99, by Denys Puech, 1854–1942, in the transept, in the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes de Langres, or Langres Cathedral, built 1150-96 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cherubs and column of flames on the funerary monument of Francois II, 1544-60, king of France 1559-60, son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, where his heart was buried, made 1572 by Primaticcio, in marble, originally from the Eglise des Celestins in Paris and moved to Saint-Denis in 1818, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. In front is the effigy of Isabelle of Aragon, 1247-71, wife of Philip III the Bold, made 1275 in marble. On the right is the effigy of Clovis II. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigy of Philippe of France, 1222-35, son of Louis VII and Adele de Champagne, younger brother of Saint-Louis, with head supported on a pillow by 2 angels, made early 13th century, originally from the Abbaye de Royaumont and brought to Saint-Denis in 1817, and behind, funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Fortitude, from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might or Fortitude, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigy of Catherine de Medici, from the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The funerary monument was made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon but the original effigies were rejected by Catherine de Medici and new more natural sculptures were made. 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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  • Effigies from the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The funerary monument was made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon but the original effigies were rejected by Catherine de Medici and new more natural sculptures were made. 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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  • Effigy of Louis XII, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigies, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigies, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigies, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans seen from above, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, in the Chapelle Saint-Michel, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Statuettes of 24 saints and apostles stand in niches around the tomb, which was commissioned in 1502 by Louis XII and made by Italian artists. This tomb was originally in the Chapelle des Celestins in Paris. 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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  • Kneeling figures on top of the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Praying figures (the king, the queen and their children), from the funerary monument of Francois I, 1494-1547, and Claude of France, 1548-70, in marble, by Pierre Bontemps, 1505-68, commissioned by Henry II, 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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  • Kneeling figures on top of the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Kneeling figures on the funerary monument of Louis XVI, 1754-93, and Marie Antoinette, 1755-92, made 1830, in the Chapelle Saint-Louis,  in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The ashes of the king were transferred here in 1815. 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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  • Effigies from the funerary monument of Francois I, 1494-1547, and Claude of France, 1548-70, in marble, by Pierre Bontemps, 1505-68, commissionned by Henry II, 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, known as Cardinal de Janson, cardinal and bishop of Beauvais (from the family of the marquis de Janson from Provence),<br />
1631-1713, by Nicolas Coustou, 1658-1733, French sculptor, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The cathedral consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Prudence holding a mirror, on the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Virtue statue, on the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigy of Anne of Brittany, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigies, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigies, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Effigies, detail from the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans seen from above, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, in the Chapelle Saint-Michel, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Statuettes of 24 saints and apostles stand in niches around the tomb, which was commissioned in 1502 by Louis XII and made by Italian artists. This tomb was originally in the Chapelle des Celestins in Paris. 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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  • Funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans seen from above, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, in the Chapelle Saint-Michel, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Statuettes of 24 saints and apostles stand in niches around the tomb, which was commissioned in 1502 by Louis XII and made by Italian artists. This tomb was originally in the Chapelle des Celestins in Paris. 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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  • Kneeling figures on top of the funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Kneeling figures on the funerary monument of Louis XVI, 1754-93, and Marie Antoinette, 1755-92, made 1830, in the Chapelle Saint-Louis, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The ashes of the king were transferred here in 1815. 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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  • Funerary monument of Louis XII, 1462-1515, and Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, made 1516-31 in Carrara marble by Giovani di Giusto Betti, 1479-1519, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The mausoleum resembles an antique temple and is surrounded by the 12 apostles and the 4 cardinal virtues, Prudence, Might, Justice and Temperance and the plinth is decorated with bas-reliefs of the Italian wars. 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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  • Funerary monument of Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, known as Cardinal de Janson, cardinal and bishop of Beauvais (from the family of the marquis de Janson from Provence),<br />
1631-1713, by Nicolas Coustou, 1658-1733, French sculptor, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The cathedral consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Monseigneur de Belloy, archbishop, 1709-1808, 1818, by Louis-Pierre Deseine, in the Chapelle Saint-Marcel, the 7th chapel of the ambulatory, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Belloy was the 13th archbishop of Paris and his tomb was commissioned by Napoleon. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture on the monument to Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen, 1778-1839, archbishop of Paris 1821-39, made 1852 by Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume, after drawings by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, in the Chapelle Saint Marcel, in the ambulatory of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. He is buried in the cathedral choir. To either side are commemorative plaques. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a priest holding a curtain, from the funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, made 1490, in the South side of the choir, South ambulatory, in the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted lion at the feet of Ferry de Beauvoir, on his funerary monument, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, made 1490, in the South side of the choir, South ambulatory, in the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, made 1490, in the South side of the choir, South ambulatory, in the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco medallion of Agnus Dei or the Lamb of God, under the funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, in the South side of the choir, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of an angel holding a curtain, from the funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, in the South side of the choir, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco medallion of Agnus Dei or the Lamb of God, under the funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, in the South side of the choir, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. The haloed lamb has wings and stands on a scroll. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, in the South side of the choir, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet, 1816-92, bishop of Amiens, in the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitie at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Monseigneur de Belloy, archbishop, 1709-1808, detail, 1818, by Louis-Pierre Deseine, in the Chapelle Saint-Marcel, the 7th chapel of the ambulatory, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Belloy was the 13th archbishop of Paris and his tomb was commissioned by Napoleon. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy on the monument to Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois, 1856-1929, archbishop of Paris, detail, 1929, by Henri Bouchard, in the ambulatory of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. He is buried in the cathedral choir. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy on the monument to Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois, 1856-1929, archbishop of Paris, 1929, by Henri Bouchard, in the ambulatory of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. He is buried in the cathedral choir. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture on the monument to Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen, 1778-1839, archbishop of Paris 1821-39, detail, made 1852 by Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume, after drawings by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, in the Chapelle Saint Marcel, in the ambulatory of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. He is buried in the cathedral choir. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue on the monument to Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour, 1792-1857, archbishop of Paris 1848-57, made 1868 by Paul Dubois, Joseph Lescorne and Joseph-Marius Ramus, in the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Sibour was assassinated at the Church of St Etienne du Mont, Paris, by a priest and is buried in the cathedral choir. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, made 1490, in the South side of the choir, South ambulatory, in the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Above the effigy are high relief scenes from the life of St Firmin. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet, 1816-92, bishop of Amiens, in the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitie at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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