2-715-920 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'St. Denis', 1890. The Basilica of Saint-Denis was completed in 1144. During the Middle Ages, because of privileges granted by Dagobert, Saint-Denis grew important with merchants from the Byzantine Empire visiting its market. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]