Basilique Saint-Denis - VIII

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9698445782/" title="2012 Jan 12 3rd_0071 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 12 3rd_0071" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/9698445782_82672180a8_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Basilique Saint-Denis</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the crypt</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Basilique Saint-Denis is the burial place of French Kings, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with nearly every king from the 10th to the 18th centuries being buried here, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as well as many from previous centuries.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Revolution and other period of unrest and war </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">saw the mutilation and mishandling of many bodies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are many tombs under the canopy </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of grand arches and majestic windows, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the crypt seen here is much more somber.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would not want to be here during a thunderstorm </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or to experience a loss of power.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The darkness would be overpowering</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Basilique Saint-Denis</em></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>93200 Saint-Denis</em></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Basilique Saint-Denis - VIII

Basilique Saint-Denis the crypt Basilique Saint-Denis is the burial place of French Kings,  with nearly every king from the 10th to the 18t...

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