Effigies of Clovis I and Childebert I, Royal tombs
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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13422476
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45089954
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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
