What is Basilica of Saint-Denis?
[[File:Basilique St Denis façade ouest St Denis Seine St Denis 20.jpg|thumb|Front of Saint Denis Basilica (2020)]] The '''Basilica of Saint-Denis''' is a [[basilica]] near [[Paris]], [[France]]. It is famous for its architecture and as the [[burial]] place for many [[King of France|Kings of France]]. It is in the suburb of [[Saint Denis]], which is in the north of Paris. Since 1966, it is the [[cathedral]] of the [[diocese]] of [[Saint-Denis]]. It is located in the Greater Paris area, about {{convert|5|km}} from Paris. The [[Basilica]] is named after Saint Denis. Saint Denis is the [[patron saint]] of France. He was also the first [[Bishop of Paris]]. The Basilica was an Early Gothic building. In 1136 the [[Abbot Suger]] (1081 - 1155) began replacing the building, bit by bit, beginning with the west front and then with a new east end. The east end is said to be the first building in the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style. It was not completed until the [[13th century]]. The current [[pipe|organ]] of the basilica is the first organ built by [[Aristide Cavaille-Coll]]. With 4200 pipes, it contains a lot of innovations, opening the romantic area. The French organist [[Pierre Pincemaille]], titular between 1987 and 2018, set up lots of recitals and recorded 8 CDs with this instrument. == People who are buried in Saint Denis Basilica == {{columns-list| * [[Catherine of Medici]], [[wife of Henry II of France]] * [[Charles Martel]] * [[Charles IV of France]] * [[Charles VI of France]] * [[Charles IX of France]] * [[Clotaire III]] * [[Constance of Arles]], wife of [[Robert II of France]] * [[Francis I of France]] * [[Francis II of France]] * [[Henrietta Maria of France]], wife of [[Charles I of England]] * [[Henry I of France]] * [[Henry II of France]] * [[Henry III of France]] * [[Hugh Capet]] * [[Isabella of Aragon]], wife of [[Philip IV of France]] * [[Isabeau of Bavaria]], wife of [[Charles VI of France]] * [[John I of France]] * [[John II of France]] * [[Leo VI of Armenia]] * [[Louis VI of France]] * [[Louis V