Monday, August 14, 2023

ROYAL FUNERALS TAKE THE ROUTE IN REVERSE


THE KINGS' MAUSOLEUM AT THE SAINT-DENIS BASILICA EVOKES THE START OF CHRISTIANITY IN FRANCE

     Adapted from a map of 1565 / zoom
Louis XIV, in 1715, from the exhibit at Versailles, The King is Dead  

                The Funerary Cortege of Charles VI in 1522 (cropped) / zoom

          Burial of Philippe le Bel, 1314 / zoom


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