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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1144/00/00 Lead by Abbot Suger, the eastern end of the Carolingian church is reconstructed. Needing a choir suffused with light, masons utilize the pointed arch, rib vault, ambulatory with radiating chapels, flying buttresses and large clerestory windows.
1793/08/01 Alexandre Lenoir Conservator The National Convention decrees that the tombs of former kings are to be destroyed. Seeing the destruction of the tombs, with the bones thrown into a ditch, Alexandre Lenoir saves statues and artifacts moves them to the couvent des Petits-Augustins.
1815/01/21 Louis XVI of France In Memoriam The remains of Louis XVI of France are buried at the Basilica of St Denis.

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Particulars for Basilica of St Denis:
Church Type Basilica
Sight Category Building
Building Type Church
Architectural Style Gothic
Historic Use Graves, burials
Building Use Mausoleum
Era Medieval Europe
Historic Use Monastery
Cultural Attribute Monk
Religious Journey Pilgrimage
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Community
Historic Use Religious Property




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