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Monday, October 25, 2010

Gryphons on a Stone Shield

St-Denis, France ~ October 15, 2008
St-Denis Basilica

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4 comments:

TheFrogBag said...

Wow, how cool! I bet this was amazing to see in person!

Francisca said...

Cool shield... but what exactly is this? The statue is really lying on the marble slabs?

tapirgal said...

Yes, it's a grave. There are 1,000 years of French royalty buried in St-Denis Basilica, and there are that many years of grave monument design. It's fascinating.

JM said...

Very cool entry!