Choir and altarpiece, Royal tombs, Basilique Saint-Denis
Choir, with (left) stone altarpiece with Christ and the 12 apostles, 19th century, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. On the right are the royal tombs, including Childebert I, 496-558, son of Clovis I, king of Paris 511-58, commissioned by the monks of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, and Clovis I, 481-511, made in the 12th century, commissioned by the monks of the Abbey of St Genevieve. 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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