Because it is the cemetery of royalty. Kings and queens are buried here in the basilica. From Clovis in the 5th century up to and including the comparatively recent Marie-Antoinette and her spouse Louis XVI, the last king and queen of France.
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St. Denis is now a Paris suburb, and nothing special except that it has a
nice modern mercantile area as well as the famous Basilica of Saint Denis.
Why is
it famous? Because it is the cemetery of royalty. Kings and queens are buried here in the basilica. From Clovis in the 5th century up to and including the comparatively recent Marie-Antoinette and her spouse Louis XVI, the last king and queen of France. |
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