General Information
Project Type
Location
| Location: |
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis (93), Ile-de-France, France |
|---|---|
| Address: | Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville / 2 rue de Strasbourg |
| Coordinates: | 48° 56' 7" N 2° 21' 36" E |
Technical Information
Materials
| arches |
stone
|
|---|---|
| columns |
stone
|
| walls |
stone
|
| vault |
masonry
|
Chronology
| ca. 1260 | The transept is completed. |
|---|---|
| ca. 1270 | The church is completed. |
| 1281 | Consecration of the church. |
Notes
Dedicated to Saint Denis, one of seven bishops sent to Paris to convert the Gauls.
The church is the first church built in the Gothic style.
Participants
Architecture
- Pierre de Montreuil (architect)
(role unknown)
Renovation
Architecture
- Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (architect)
Restoration
Architecture
- François Debret (architect)
- Jacques Cellerier (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2001): L'achèvement de la basilique au XIIIe siècle. De Eudes Clément à Matthieu de Vendôme. In: Dossiers d'Archéologie, n. 261 (March 2001), pp. 38-49.
- (2001): L'architecture de l'abbaye de Saint-Denis. Aux origines du Gothique. In: Dossiers d'Archéologie, n. 261 (March 2001), pp. 24-37.
- (1991): L'architecture de l'abbaye de Saint-Denis. In: Dossiers d'Archéologie, n. 158 (March 1991), pp. 34-53.
- (1990): L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270. Flammarion, Paris (France), pp. 575.
- (1972): Art & Architecture in Medieval France. Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries. Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA), pp. 101-111.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002179 - Published on:
05/11/2001 - Last updated on:
29/07/2014
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