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Historical Archive: Saint-Denis basilica, exterior

West façade c.1135-1140
Eastern chapels 1140-1144
Upper apse and north transept 1231-1245
Eastern nave and south transept 1240s-1250s
Western nave 1250s-1270s


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west façade
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west façade and south flank with public square
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west portals
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Elders of the Apocalypse/Patriarchs, center west portal, left archivolts (heads, left 2 hemlines, and right feet 19th-c. restoration)
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west façade, oblique view from north
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north flank, oblique view from west
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north flank and transept from west
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north transept and flank from northeast
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north side
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north transept
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north transept and chevet
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north transept and chevet from Jardin Pierre de Montreuil
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chevet from north
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chevet from north
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apse and ambulatory chapel from Jardin Pierre de Montreuil
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apse and ambulatory chapel from Jardin Pierre de Montreuil
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southwest tower from southeast
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south flank from southwest
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south flank and transept from southwest
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south flank and southwest tower from southeast
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south flank
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related to west portal: Eleanor Vase, metalwork 1137-47, Sasanian or Islamic crystal vessel, Louvre MR 340. This work has its own page.