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All pages of basiliquedesaintdenis.com, organised by what you’re looking for: book, prepare your visit, understand the necropolis and the monument, or read a review. A useful reminder before you click: the nave is open freely, and the ticket covers the royal necropolis.
Start here
- Home — Basilique de Saint-Denis
- The complete guide to the Basilique de Saint-Denis
- What requires a reservation and what is free
- Reviews of the five booking options
- Is it worth the detour ?
Book
- The Royal Necropolis ticket
- The ticket with audio tour on smartphone
- The Paris Museum Pass, including Saint-Denis
- Guided tours, including the free one
- With a guide, audio tour, or on your own ?
- Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie combined ticket
- Behind the scenes at the Stade de France
- Montmartre, the hill of martyrdom
Before you come
- Who pays and who doesn’t
- What is free at the basilica
- Opening times, closures and services
- How much time to allow
- Getting there: line 13, RER D, RER B
- Do I need to book?
- The best time to visit
- Visiting with children
- Accessibility, wheelchair access, steps
- Around the basilica: the market, dining
The royal necropolis
- Who is buried at Saint-Denis?
- Why the kings of France are here
- The recumbent statues, one by one
- The crypt and the ossuary
- The desecration of 1793
- What to see, in the order of the tour
- Is Marie-Antoinette buried here?
- Where are the remains of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette?
- Where is the body of Louis XIV?
- Which king died rotten, which king had rotten teeth?
- Are there any descendants of Louis XIV?
The monument and its history
- Suger and the birth of Gothic architecture
- The stained glass windows of the basilique
- Why only one tower?
- La Fabrique de la Flèche, the construction site
- Why does Saint Denis carry his head?
- Basilique or cathedral?
- France’s largest basilica
- Who owns the basilique?
Reviews
- Ticket for the royal necropolis
- Ticket and audio tour on smartphone
- Paris Museum Pass
- Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie
- Behind the scenes at the Stade de France