Sens Cathedral
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Sens Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Sens in Burgundy, eastern France. The cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, is the seat of the Archbishop of Sens.
Cathédrale Saint Étienne, Sens 6998
The three levels and six-part rib vaults of the nave of Sens Cathedral
The ambulatory of the choir
The apse and radiating chapels
Louis, Dauphin of France was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska. As the son of the king, Louis was a fils de France. As heir apparent, he became Dauphin of F
Sens Cathedral
…Lorraine, Stanislas Leczinski. The dramatic scene of the martyrdom is set against a screen of pale yellow stucco, resembling drapery. The tomb of the Louis, Dauphin of France (son of Louis XV), and his consort, Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, who died of tuberculosis in 1765 at the age of 36, is located in the cathedral. His wife…
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Portrait by Anne-Baptiste Nivelon [fr], 1764
Louis with his mother Maria Leszczynska, c. 1730
Louis de France at the age of 9 in a study with a globe and a fortification treatise, by Louis Tocqué
Masked ball at Versailles for the wedding of Louis, Dauphin of France, to María Teresa Rafaela of Spain, 1745.