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Tour programme for groups. Back to the list. Description Download Points of interest Difference in height Comments. Warning: Unsecured hours. Come to discover an original trail between the Basilica and the Stade de France, from the city's beginnings to the 21st century.
Stippled by twenty steel markers, this walking-tour invite you to pause along the trail at each important step in the city's development. The markers call up those places, buildings, events, activities and people instrumental in shaping Saint-Denis. One side of the marker recounts and explains economic and political change, highlights crafts and artistic expression and provides insights into everyday life. The other side describes a significant stage in the city's growth and developement. Additional information is provided by plans and drawings.
Show less. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis is the first monumental masterpiece of Gothic art in the twelfth century. Built on the tomb of St. Denis, martyred by the Romans in the third century, the Basilica of Saint-Denis is the first monumental testimony of Gothic art. Then lit the royal abbey artistic, political and spiritual history of the Middle Ages. Became one of the main necropolis of the Merovingian and Carolingian sovereigns aristocrats, it definitely ties its fate to that of the kingdom under the Capetians becoming the burial place of the kings of France.
Since September held a major restoration. Spread over three years, this work aims to rehabilitate the west facade and three portals. Another goal: to find the consistency and quality of the monument ornaments as they were designed in the 19th century, and thus find the desired by Abbot Suger magnificence. Please note: the basilica remains accessible during construction.
