Saint-Denis | History, Geography | saint denis
Saint-Denis,city,anorthernsuburbofParis[1],Seine-Saint-Denisdépartement,Île-de-France[2]région,north-centralFrance[3].ThecityliesontherightbankoftheSeineRiver[4].Untilthemid-19thcentury,whenindustriesdevelopedthere,itwasonlyasmalltownshipcentredonitsfamousabbeychurch[5],whichhadbeentheburialplace[6]ofthekingsofFrance.Thechurchisofmajorimportanceinthehistoryofarchitecture,beingthefirstmajoredificemarkingthetransitionfromtheRomanesquetotheGothicstyleandservingasamodelformostofthelate12th-centu...
Saint-Denis, city, a northern suburb of Paris[1], Seine-Saint-Denis département, Île-de-France[2] région, north-central France[3]. The city lies on the right bank of the Seine River[4]. Until the mid-19th century, when industries developed there, it was only a small township centred on its famous abbey church[5], which had been the burial place[6] of the kings of France. The church is of major importance in the history of architecture, being the first major edifice marking the transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic style and serving as a model for most of the late 12th-century French Gothic cathedrals, including those at Chartres and Senlis. The city also has a reputation for its fairs and traditional celebrations, such as those of Lendit (a medieval[7] fair of the Paris region).
Basilica of Saint-Denis, France, designed by Abbot Suger, completed 1144.© Franco DI MEO/FotoliaKing Dagobert I[8] founded the abbey in the 7th century and built it over the tomb of St. Denis[9...