Saint-Denis: history and sights
Served by: Transilien H.
Did you know?
The Basilica of Saint-Denis, the first monumental masterpiece of Gothic art, became the necropolis of the kings of France; it has been a cathedral since the diocese was created on 9 October 1966.
Anecdote
In 1793 the revolutionaries desecrated the royal tombs and threw the bodies of the Bourbons into a common grave.
Around Saint-Denis
- Basilique cathédrale de Saint-Denis, 600 m away — The royal necropolis, holding over 70 recumbent statues and funerary monuments, with stained glass from the 12th and 19th centuries.
- Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur (ancienne abbaye royale), 600 m away — The former royal abbey rebuilt in the 18th century, occupied since 1809 by a Legion of Honour school, with its park.
- Musée d'art et d'histoire Paul-Éluard, 700 m away — A museum housed since 1981 in a 17th-century Carmelite convent, with medieval archaeology, the Hôtel-Dieu apothecary and a Paul Éluard collection.