Be inspired by the magnificent gothic structure highly worthwhile in itself, and by the impressive tombs of French monarchs, and be taken to a unique time-travel through more than years of royal grandeur. Choose a 5 stars tour with a highly qualified guide. Because we know that driving a car and telling an interesting story during a guided tour requires different specific skills, we propose you to be guided by a very knowledgeable licensed guide and driven by a specific Chauffeur.
This is a real private tour. The Saint Denis basilica takes its name from the grave on which it was built, the grave of Denis, a legendary character considered a Patron Saint of Paris. According to the catholic tradition, Denis was sent by the Pope in the year to evangelize the northern roman Gaul, and his preachings were so successful that he became the first bishop of Paris.
Tortured and beheaded by the romans, he performed a miracle, delivering a sermon after his execution, and bearing his head in his hands, he marched to Saint-Denis, hence expressing his will to be buried there. The basilica is now the only remain of a large, amazingly powerful abbey, one of the most powerful institution of the catholic world indeed. Especially from the 12th Century, when the basilica was rebuilt in a new, revolutionary style, making this church the very first gothic architecture in the world, launching a new fashion throughout north-western Europe: the Gothic style and its stained class windows, since Gothic is about height, light and color.
A style devoted to build churches always higher, in an attempt to get closer to God, churches flooded in divine light.
The numerous funeral monuments are exceptional. You will have the opportunity to admire the statues made of marble or stone, representing the kings and queens of France, some of them bearing the authentic features of their faces, being modeled from death masks.
