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The surviving French Crown Jewels, principally a set of historic crowns, diadems and parures, are mainly on display in the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre, France's premier museum and former royal palace, together with the Regent Diamond, the Sancy Diamond and the 105-carat (21.0 g) Côte-de-Bretagne red spinel, carved into the form of a dragon.
In time, St Denis came to be regarded as the patron saint of the French people, with St Louis the patron of the monarchy and royal dynasties. [9] Saint Denis or Montjoie! Saint Denis! became the typical war-cry of the French armies. The oriflamme, which became the standard of France, was the banner consecrated upon his tomb.
One of the engravings from the description of the treasury by Michel Félibien, 1706.Among other objects, it depicts Joyeuse (far left), the Cross of Saint Eligius (left), the bust reliquary of Saint Benedict (center), the Screen of Charlemagne (right); and on the front row, from left to right, Suger's Eagle, the Navette de Saint Denis, the Sardonyx Ewer, and the Crown of Charlemagne.
Meeting de Saint-Denis: 2 Jun 1984 [5] 2nd Meeting de Paris: 13 Jul 1985 [6] 3rd BNP de Paris: 22 Jul 1986 [6] 4th Saint-Denis Invitational: 11 Jun 1987 [6] 5th Saint-Denis Invitational: 7 Jun 1988 [6] [7] 6th Meeting International de Saint-Denis: 23 Jun 1989 [8] [7] 7th Meeting International de Saint-Denis: 22 Jun 1990 [6] [9] 8th Meeting ...
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Montjoie Saint Denis! [ a ] ( French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tʒwa sɛ̃ dəni] ) was the battle-cry and motto of the Kingdom of France . It allegedly refers to Charlemagne 's legendary banner, the Oriflamme , which was also known as the "Montjoie" [ 1 ] and was kept at the Abbey of Saint Denis , though alternative explanations exist.
The fort (present-day city of Natchitoches) was founded by a French Canadian, Louis Juchereau de St. Denis in 1714 while he was traveling to Mexico on a trade mission.When St. Denis reached the village of the Natchitoches Indians on the Red River of the South, he had two huts constructed and left a small French detachment there to guard the stores and trade with the Native Americans.
The Church of Saint-Denys-de-Saint-Sacrament is a Roman Catholic church located in the Marais quarter, at 68 Rue de Turenne in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, France.It was constructed between 1826 and 1835, It took its name from Saint Denys, the first bishop of Paris, and from the church of the Benedictines of the Perpetual Order of the Saint Sacrament, which had previously occupied the site.