tomb of François I and Claude de France
This picture shows the feet of King François I and his wife, Claude de France, as they appear in their funerary monument in the Basilica of St Denis. François I died in 1547.
This renaissance tomb was designed by Philibert Delorme and draws influence from the style of a classical triumphal arch.
St Denis is a mediaeval abbey church about 10km north of Paris, and has been the burial place of almost every French monarch since the 10th century.
The original mausoleum for St Denis (martyred in about AD 250) was built on this site in the early 4th century. A larger abbey church was then built over the mausoleum in the mid 8th century. However the current basilica was begun in the early 12th century under Abbot Suger.
tomb of François I and Claude de France
This picture shows the feet of King François I and his wife, Claude de France, as they appear in their funerary monument in the Basilica of St Denis. François I died in 1547.
This renaissance tomb was designed by Philibert Delorme and draws influence from the style of a classical triumphal arch.
St Denis is a mediaeval abbey church about 10km north of Paris, and has been the burial place of almost every French monarch since the 10th century.
The original mausoleum for St Denis (martyred in about AD 250) was built on this site in the early 4th century. A larger abbey church was then built over the mausoleum in the mid 8th century. However the current basilica was begun in the early 12th century under Abbot Suger.