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  • Tomb of Unayshu, late 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. This tomb carved by the Nabateans in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East and is dedicated to a member of the Nabatean elite. The corner pilaster of the tomb and those flanking the entrance are a typical Nabatean design. The smooth facade is in the same style as the tombs found in Mada'in Saleh, Petra, Jordan Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. 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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  • 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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  • Feet of the 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. Behind, are the seated figures 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. 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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  • Tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The funerary monument was made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon. On the left is the effigy of Guillaume du Chastel, d. 1441, pantler to king Charles VII who commissionned this statue, in stone with a marble face. 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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  • Tomb of Henry I of Portugal, 1512-80, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastic complex includes the church with portal by Joao de Castilho, cloisters, and Chapel of St Jerome. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silk tomb, one of the royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. This small tomb is named for the dramatic colouring of its sandstone facade. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silk tomb, one of the royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. This small tomb is named for the dramatic colouring of its sandstone facade. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silk tomb, one of the royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. This small tomb is named for the dramatic colouring of its sandstone facade. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silk tomb, one of the royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. This small tomb is named for the dramatic colouring of its sandstone facade. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palace tomb, one of the Royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. This tomb has a 3 storey facade and sits behind a stage and large courtyard. It imitates the style of a Roman palace. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal tombs, including Palace tomb and Corinthian tomb, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corinthian tomb on left and Silk tomb on right, Royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal tombs (left), Urn tomb (right), 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These Royal tombs were carved by the Nabateans in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. The Urn tomb was probably built c. 70 AD for King Malichos II and was converted to a Christan church in 446-7 AD. It is also known as 'The Court' as it was used as a courthouse in Roman times. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palace tomb on left and Corinthian tomb on right, Royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corinthian tomb, one of the Royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Urn tomb, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. This Royal tomb was carved by the Nabateans in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. The Urn tomb was probably built c. 70 AD for King Malichos II and was converted to a Christan church in 446-7 AD. It is also known as 'The Court' as it was used as a courthouse in Roman times. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Urn tomb, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. This Royal tomb was carved by the Nabateans in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. The Urn tomb was probably built c. 70 AD for King Malichos II and was converted to a Christan church in 446-7 AD. It is also known as 'The Court' as it was used as a courthouse in Roman times. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Urn tomb, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. This Royal tomb was carved by the Nabateans in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. The Urn tomb was probably built c. 70 AD for King Malichos II and was converted to a Christan church in 446-7 AD. It is also known as 'The Court' as it was used as a courthouse in Roman times. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lycian Royal tombs, built for an important ruler in Pinara, an ancient Lycian city on Mount Kragos, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey. These are temple-type tombs cut directly into the rock of the mountain. Pinara was founded in the 5th century BC as an extension of the overcrowded Xanthos and was one of the largest cities in Lycia. It was a religious centre dedicated to Apollo, Athena and Aphrodite which later became Christianised and was a bishopric in Byzantine times before being abandoned in the 9th century. The remains of several ancient temples can be seen in Pinara, as well as rock tombs, an upper and lower acropolis, a theatre, an odeon, an agora and a church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lycian Royal tombs, built for an important ruler in Pinara, an ancient Lycian city on Mount Kragos, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey. These are temple-type tombs cut directly into the rock of the mountain. Pinara was founded in the 5th century BC as an extension of the overcrowded Xanthos and was one of the largest cities in Lycia. It was a religious centre dedicated to Apollo, Athena and Aphrodite which later became Christianised and was a bishopric in Byzantine times before being abandoned in the 9th century. The remains of several ancient temples can be seen in Pinara, as well as rock tombs, an upper and lower acropolis, a theatre, an odeon, an agora and a church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal tombs, with effigies of John II the Good, 1319-1364, Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328 and Blanche of France, 1328-93, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Behind is the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon. 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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  • Royal tombs, with effigies of John II the Good, 1319-1364, Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328 and Blanche of France, 1328-93, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Behind is the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon. 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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  • Man standing (right) and in the distance, upper section of Royal tombs, 1st century AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans for their Kings in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal tombs, with effigies of John II the Good, 1319-1364, Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328 and Blanche of France, 1328-93, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Behind is the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon. 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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  • Royal tombs, with effigies of Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, and John II the Good, 1319-1364, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Behind is the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon. 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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  • Royal tomb, with effigy of Charles duke of Orleans, 1394-1465, known as the Poet, father of Louis XII, 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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  • Royal tomb, with effigy of Childebert I, 496-558, son of Clovis I, Frankish king of Paris, in stone, c. 1163, originally from the church of Saint Germain des Pres in Paris, considered the oldest one in the Northern France, 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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  • Apostles from the 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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  • Effigy of Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, Duke of Orleans, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Louis, duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, son of Charles and Jeanne of Bourbon, brother of Charles VI, father of Charles of Orleans, and effigy of Valentine Visconti, 1366-1408, wife of Louis of Orleans, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, and above, Valentine Visconti, 1366-1408, both made in 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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, 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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  • Royal tombs seen from above, with effigies of (left-right) John II the Good, 1319-1364, Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328 and Blanche of France, 1328-93, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Behind is the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon. 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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  • Inscriptions on the Lycian Royal tombs, built for an important ruler in Pinara, an ancient Lycian city on Mount Kragos, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey. Lycian inscriptions are found all over the site, often interspersed with Greek script. Pinara was founded in the 5th century BC as an extension of the overcrowded Xanthos and was one of the largest cities in Lycia. It was a religious centre dedicated to Apollo, Athena and Aphrodite which later became Christianised and was a bishopric in Byzantine times before being abandoned in the 9th century. The remains of several ancient temples can be seen in Pinara, as well as rock tombs, an upper and lower acropolis, a theatre, an odeon, an agora and a church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inscriptions on the Lycian Royal tombs, built for an important ruler in Pinara, an ancient Lycian city on Mount Kragos, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey. Lycian inscriptions are found all over the site, often interspersed with Greek script. Pinara was founded in the 5th century BC as an extension of the overcrowded Xanthos and was one of the largest cities in Lycia. It was a religious centre dedicated to Apollo, Athena and Aphrodite which later became Christianised and was a bishopric in Byzantine times before being abandoned in the 9th century. The remains of several ancient temples can be seen in Pinara, as well as rock tombs, an upper and lower acropolis, a theatre, an odeon, an agora and a church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Porcupine at the feet of the effigy of Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, Duke of Orleans and Knight of the Order of the Porcupine, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, Duke of Orleans, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, Duke of Orleans, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, Duke of Orleans, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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, 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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  • Apostles from the 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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  • Effigy of Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Valentine Visconti, 1366-1408, wife of Louis of Orleans, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Ermine, at the feet of the effigy of Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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, 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, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife (above), and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, (below), 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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  • Royal tombs seen from above, with effigies of (left-right) John II the Good, 1319-1364, Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328 and Blanche of France, 1328-93, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Behind is the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon. 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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  • Royal tombs seen from above, with effigies of (left-right) John II the Good, 1319-1364, Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328 and Blanche of France, 1328-93, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Behind is the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon. 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
    DRN_LC18_FRANCE_MC_0481.jpg
  • Effigy of Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigy of Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, and behind, effigy of Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, Duke of Orleans, made 1504, on the funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, 1366-1408, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, comte de Vertus, 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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  • Effigies of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, made after the wax and wood funeral effigies used in their funeral procession, originally in the Rotonde des Valois, commissioned by Catherine de Medici in 1583 and made in marble by Germain Pilon, and behind, the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, with statues of the virtues, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon, 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
    LC18_FRANCE_MC_0322.jpg
  • Kneeling figures on the tomb of Henri II, 1519–59, and Catherine de Medici, 1519–89, made 1560-73 by Francesco Primaticcio, Jacquio Ponce and Germain Pilon, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Behind is 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. 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
    DRN_LC18_FRANCE_MC_0483.jpg
  • Tomb of Louis, d. 1277, and Philippe, d. 1279, detail, sons of the count of Alencon, copy of the original 13th century sculpture from the Abbaye de Royaumont, now in the Musee National du Moyen Age, Paris, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. At the feet of Louis are 2 figures reading and at the feet of Philippe is a dog with a rabbit in its mouth. 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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  • Eye, in copper gilt and enamel, detail from the metal tomb of the child Jean, d. 1268, son of Saint-Louis and Marguerite of Provence, originally from the Abbaye de Royaumont and moved to Saint-Denis in 1820, made by Limousin metalworkers, c. 1250, 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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  • Effigies of Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, and Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, on the royal tombs 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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  • Lion at the feet of the effigy of Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328, on the royal tombs 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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  • Lion at the feet of the effigy of Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328, on the royal tombs 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
    LC18_FRANCE_MC_0385.jpg
  • Effigies of Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, and Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, on the royal tombs 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
    LC18_FRANCE_MC_0382.jpg
  • Dog at the feet of the effigy of Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, on the royal tombs 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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  • Royal tombs seen from above, with effigies of Clovis I, 465-511, first king of the Franks, stone, made 1220-30, originally from the Church of Sainte Genevieve in Paris, and Childebert I, 496-558, son of Clovis I, Frankish king of Paris, stone, c. 1163, originally from the church of Saint Germain des Pres in Paris, considered as the oldest one in the Northern France, 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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  • Royal tombs seen from above, with effigies of (top) Charles Martel, d. 741, Clovis II, 639-57, (bottom) Philippe IV the Fair, 1285-1314, Philippe III the Bold, 1270-85, and (left) Isabelle of Aragon, d. 1271, 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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  • Royal tombs seen from above, with effigies of (top) Charles Martel, d. 741, Clovis II, 639-57, Philippe IV the Fair, 1285-1314, Philippe III the Bold, 1270-85, and Isabelle of Aragon, d. 1271, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The bottom group are Louis III, 879-82, Carloman, 882-84, Pepin le Bref, 751-68, and Berthe, d. 783. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. On the right is the new altar, by Vladimir Zbynovsky, a French-Slovakian artist, consecrated 14th January 2018. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal tombs seen from above, with effigies of (top) Charles Martel, d. 741, Clovis II, 639-57, (bottom) Philippe IV the Fair, 1285-1314, Philippe III the Bold, 1270-85, and (left) Isabelle of Aragon, d. 1271, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Above 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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  • Royal tombs, with effigy (foreground) of Childebert I, 496-558, son of Clovis I, Frankish king of Paris, in stone, c. 1163, originally from the church of Saint Germain des Pres in Paris, considered the oldest one in the Northern France, 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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  • Effigy of Philippe VI of Valois, 1293-1350, from the royal tombs 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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  • Effigies including Charles VI the Mad, 1368-1422 and Isabeau de Bavierre, 1371-1435, on the royal tombs 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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  • Effigy of Clementia of Hungary, 1293-1328, second wife of Louis X the Quarreller, on the royal tombs 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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  • Effigy of Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, on the royal tombs 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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  • Royal tombs, with effigies of (left-right) Philippe V Le Long, 1294-1322, Jeanne d'Evreux, 1307-71, Charles IV the Fair, 1294-1328 and Blanche of France, 1328-93, 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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  • Royal tombs and the rose window of the North transept, depicting the Tree of Jesse, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The stained glass window was added in the 19th century, commissioned by architects Debret and Viollet-le-Duc, as the original was destroyed in the French Revolution. 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 of Charles VI the Mad, 1368-1422, king of France 1380-1422, and his wife Isabeau de Baviere, 1371-1435, queen of France, who commissioned the tomb, made by Pierre de Thoiry c. 1424 and completed 1429, 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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  • Effigy of Louis X the Quarreller, 1289-1316, king of France 1314-16, commissioned by his brother Charles IV in 1327, and above, 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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  • 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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  • Effigy of Jeanne de France, 1350-71, daughter of Philippe VI of Valois and Blanche de Navarre, from the tomb of Blanche de Navarre and her daughter Jeanne de France, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, 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 statue from the tomb of of Marie of Bourbon Vendome, 1515-38, daughter of Charles of Bourbon, duke of Vendome, originally from the Abbaye Notre Dame in Soissons, moved to Saint-Denis in 1818, made after 1594 in marble, 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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  • Dogs at the feet of the effigy of Isabeau de Baviere, 1371-1435, queen of France, who commissioned the tomb for herself and her husband Charles VI the Mad, 1368-1422, king of France 1380-1422, made by Pierre de Thoiry c. 1424 and completed 1429, 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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  • Effigy of Isabeau de Baviere, 1371-1435, queen of France, who commissioned the tomb for herself and her husband Charles VI the Mad, 1368-1422, king of France 1380-1422, made by Pierre de Thoiry c. 1424 and completed 1429, 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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  • Effigies of Charles VI the Mad, 1368-1422, king of France 1380-1422, and his wife Isabeau de Baviere, 1371-1435, queen of France, who commissioned the tomb, made by Pierre de Thoiry c. 1424 and completed 1429, 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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  • Effigy of Isabeau de Baviere, 1371-1435, queen of France, who commissioned the tomb for herself and her husband Charles VI the Mad, 1368-1422, king of France 1380-1422, made by Pierre de Thoiry c. 1424 and completed 1429, 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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  • Effigy of Isabeau de Baviere, 1371-1435, queen of France, who commissioned the tomb for herself and her husband Charles VI the Mad, 1368-1422, king of France 1380-1422, made by Pierre de Thoiry c. 1424 and completed 1429, 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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  • Effigies of Ermentrude, 825-69, queen of East Francia, wife of Charles II the Bald, and Carloman, 751-71, king of the Franks 768-71, son of Pepin the Short and brother of Charlemagne, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Saint-Louis commissioned this tomb in 1263-64 and Carloman's body was brought here from Reims. 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 Carloman, 751-71, king of the Franks 768-71, son of Pepin the Short and brother of Charlemagne, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Saint-Louis commissioned this tomb in 1263-64 and his body was brought here from Reims. 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, with 2 angels supporting his head on a pillow, from the tomb of Louis, d. 1277, and Philippe, d. 1279, detail, sons of the count of Alencon, copy of the original 13th century sculpture from the Abbaye de Royaumont, now in the Musee National du Moyen Age, Paris, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. At the feet of Louis are 2 figures reading and at the feet of Philippe is a dog with a rabbit in its mouth. 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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  • Dogs holding a bone, representing her body in the tomb, at the feet of the effigy of Marguerite de Flandre, 1310-82, daughter of Philippe V and Jeanne de Bourgogne, wife of Louis II bout of Flandres, made late 14th century in marble, 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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  • Effigy of Louis X the Quarreller, 1289-1316, king of France 1314-16, commissioned by his brother Charles IV in 1327, and behind, 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
    LC18_FRANCE_MC_0251.jpg
  • Effigy of Blanche de Navarre, 1332-98, wife of Philippe VI de Valois, from the tomb of Blanche de Navarre and her daughter Jeanne de France, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, 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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  • Effigy of Blanche de Navarre, 1332-98, wife of Philippe VI de Valois, from the tomb of Blanche de Navarre and her daughter Jeanne de France, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, 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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  • Dogs at the feet of the effigy of Jeanne de France, 1350-71, daughter of Philippe VI of Valois and Blanche de Navarre, from the tomb of Blanche de Navarre and her daughter Jeanne de France, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, 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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  • Dogs at the feet of the effigy of Jeanne de France, 1350-71, daughter of Philippe VI of Valois and Blanche de Navarre, from the tomb of Blanche de Navarre and her daughter Jeanne de France, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, 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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  • Lion from the tomb of Charles I of Anjou, 1226-85, king of Naples and Sicily 1266-85, son of Louis VII and Blanche of Castile, dressed in chainmail as a knight and holding a heart and a broken sword, commissioned c. 1326 by Queen Clementia of Hungary, his great-granddaughter, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Only his heart is buried here. 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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  • Lion from the tomb of Charles I of Anjou, 1226-85, king of Naples and Sicily 1266-85, son of Louis VII and Blanche of Castile, dressed in chainmail as a knight and holding a heart and a broken sword, commissioned c. 1326 by Queen Clementia of Hungary, his great-granddaughter, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Only his heart is buried here. 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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  • Dogs and crouching figure at the feet of Louis, from the tomb of Louis, d. 1277, and Philippe, d. 1279, detail, sons of the count of Alencon, copy of the original 13th century sculpture from the Abbaye de Royaumont, now in the Musee National du Moyen Age, Paris, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. At the feet of Louis are 2 figures reading and at the feet of Philippe is a dog with a rabbit in its mouth. 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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  • Lion from the tomb of Charles I of Anjou, 1226-85, king of Naples and Sicily 1266-85, son of Louis VII and Blanche of Castile, dressed in chainmail as a knight and holding a heart and a broken sword, commissioned c. 1326 by Queen Clementia of Hungary, his great-granddaughter, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Only his heart is buried here. 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
    LC18_FRANCE_MC_0282.jpg
  • Dog with rabbit in its mouth at the feet of Philippe, from the tomb of Louis, d. 1277, and Philippe, d. 1279, detail, sons of the count of Alencon, copy of the original 13th century sculpture from the Abbaye de Royaumont, now in the Musee National du Moyen Age, Paris, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. At the feet of Louis are 2 figures reading. 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
    LC18_FRANCE_MC_0279.jpg
  • Crouching figure at the feet of Philippe, from the tomb of Louis, d. 1277, and Philippe, d. 1279, detail, sons of the count of Alencon, copy of the original 13th century sculpture from the Abbaye de Royaumont, now in the Musee National du Moyen Age, Paris, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. At the feet of Louis are 2 figures reading and at the feet of Philippe is a dog with a rabbit in its mouth. 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
    LC18_FRANCE_MC_0278.jpg
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