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UEFA Euro 2016 host city: Saint-Denis. The Basilica of Saint Denis. [Photo/IC] |
Region: Ile-de-France
Population: 110,000
Located 10km north of the center of Paris, Saint-Denis started life as the village of Catolacus before adopting the name of a Christian martyr buried there after his beheading on nearby Montmartre. His tomb became a place of worship, and a chapel was built on it until around 630 AD when King Dagobert I turned it into a royal monastery, which he granted independence from the Bishop of Paris. Some 75 kings and queens, from Dagobert I to Louis XVIII, are buried in the Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis.
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