Issue No. 19
Delicious sunshine cocktails and scrumptious recipes, brilliant features and tons of information and gorgeous photos to inspire your visits. The secret life of castles in Burgundy, the Abbey of Senanque in Provence, Sainte-Denis, Lourdes, Calvados in Normandy, Paris, Grenoble and more...
Delicious sunshine cocktails and scrumptious recipes, brilliant features and tons of information and gorgeous photos to inspire your visits. The secret life of castles in Burgundy, the Abbey of Senanque in Provence, Sainte-Denis, Lourdes, Calvados in Normandy, Paris, Grenoble and more...
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Spotlight on<br />
Saint-Denis<br />
Paris<br />
Head to this district in the suburbs of Paris for its<br />
incredible Basilica, last resting place of the Kings<br />
and Queens of France. Janine Marsh explores...<br />
Saint Denis is a suburb of Paris located<br />
10km north of the city centre. This district<br />
took its name from a Christian Martyr buried<br />
there after being beheaded on nearby<br />
Montmartre (circa 250 AD). It was said that<br />
he carried his head to the site of the current<br />
Basilica of Saint Denis indicating where he<br />
wanted to be buried.His tomb became a<br />
place of worship on which a chapel was built<br />
and he is the patron Saint of France.<br />
Saint Denis the district, is the last resting<br />
place of many kings and queens of France,<br />
buried in the enormous Cathedral Basilica of<br />
Saint-Denis.
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