Basilica of Saint-Denis
is really Basilica of Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The Gothic basilica north of Paris, setting of the Dead Kings expansion.
The real place
Saint-Denis was the burial place of the kings of France. In 1793 revolutionaries opened the royal tombs and threw the remains into pits. Its rebuilt choir from the 1140s is seen as the first Gothic architecture.
Visiting
Take metro line 13 to Basilique de Saint-Denis. The royal tombs and effigies, returned after the Revolution, are in the ticketed part of the church.
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