Paris No. 24 / Lutetia Parisiorum
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Results: 54 records
view of church exterior - detail
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view of church exterior - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum
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view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum - detail
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view of church exterior - north transept - detail
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view of church exterior - north transept - façade
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: in 1861
view of church exterior - northwest end
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: in 2014
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: in the late 19thC
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view of church exterior - west façade
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view of church exterior - west façade - north portal
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view of church exterior - west façade - north portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west façade - north portal - door
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view of church exterior - west façade - north portal - tympanum
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal
![now [March 2014] used as main entrance](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140318025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: now [March 2014] used as main entrance
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west façade - south portal - tympanum
Scene Description: in March 2009
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mbzt, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 March 2009 ny Mbzt [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P3050226_Basilique_Saint-Denis_Portail_central_reduct.JPG] [accessed 28 March 2014]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Photo caption: "West façade of Saint Denis, before the dismantling of the north tower (c.1844-1845)"
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Image Source: 1844-1845 engraving by Félix Benoist (1818-1896); in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Denis_Félix_Benoist_1844_1845.jpg [accessed 28 March 2014]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: March 2014
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: in 2010
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 February 2010 by Ordifana75 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Denis_-_Basilique_-_Extérieur_façade_ouest.JPG] [accessed 28 March 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: plan showing the church in the context of the whole abbey
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: maquette showing the southwest view of the church with its two towers, in the context of the abbey and surrounding buildings of the city of Saint-Denis
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: maquette showing the southeast view of the church with its two towers, in the context of the abbey and surrounding buildings of the city of Saint-Denis
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: maquette showing the northwest view of the church with its two towers, in the context of the abbey buildings
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: maquette showing the east view of the church with its two towers, in the context of the abbey and surrounding buildings of the city of Saint-Denis
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view of church interior - chapel
Scene Description: now serving as baptismal chapel
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - misericords
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - misericords
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - north aisle - looking east
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view of church interior - north aisle - looking east
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view of church interior - north transept - window
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view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child
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view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
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view of font and cover in context
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view of stoup
Scene Description: one of the later stoups of this church
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view of stoup - upper view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19124PAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale royale de Saint-Denis [aka Basilique Saint-Denis]
Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Location: 1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur, Saint-Denis, Paris, 93200
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in Saint-Denis, formerly a separate city, now a northern suburb 10 km from downtown Paris [Métro line 13 -- station name: "Basilique de Saint-Denis"]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Saint-Denis [since 1966]
Century and Period: 7th - 12th century, Early Christian / Medieval
Church Notes: first church recorded here in the 5thC; replaced by Dagobert I's new church in the 7thC; re-built in the 12thC by Abbot Suger
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font is modern [NB: we have no information on the earlier baptismal fonts of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.935556, 2.359722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 56′ 8″ N, 2° 21′ 35″ E
UTM: 31U 453108 5420489