Guided tours of the Basilica of Saint Denis

Name: Visites commentées de la basilique Saint-Denis
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:15:00+02:00
Location: Basilique cathédrale Saint-Denis

20 thematic visits to discover the basilica, the royal necropolis and its medieval garden Themed visits of approx. 30mns.

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

Basilique Saint-Denis © Centre des monuments nationaux

Saint-Denis Cathedral Basilica, the first monumental masterpiece of Gothic art in the 12th century, became the official necropolis of the kings and queens of France in the Capetian era. Today, it is the world’s largest body of funeral sculptures. 20 thematic visits to discover the basilica, the royal necropolis and its medieval garden Themed visits of approx. 30mns. Exceptional opening of the medieval garden behind the monument’s bedside. Guided tours of the medieval garden. Course game for young audiences. Organ concert Lecture/concert

À propos du lieu

Basilique cathédrale Saint-Denis

1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 93200 Saint-Denis

Seine-Saint-Denis
Île-de-France

The cathedral basilica of Saint-Denis, a former royal abbey, illuminated centuries during the artistic, political and spiritual history of the Middle Ages. It rises to the site of the burial of Denis, first bishop of Paris, martyred around 250\. Abbé Suger, friend of King Louis VI, advisor to King Louis VII and regent of France for two years, had the Carolingian abbey rebuilt from 1135 to 1144\. This first monumental masterpiece of Gothic art is conceived as an immense reliquary dedicated to light and destined to venerate the relics of Saint Denis. In 1231, Saint Louis completed the building. Nicknamed the "Lucerna", the lantern, because of its brightness, the 13th century basilica is a major work of Gothic art, endowed with a transept of an exceptional magnitude intended to accommodate the royal tombs. Having become one of the principal necropolises of the Merovingian aristocrats and Carolingian sovereigns, the powerful Benedictine abbey definitively links its destiny to that of the r