Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Charlotte of Savoy

The huge Gothic "Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André" replaced a preceding church, destroyed by English troops during the Hundred Years' War in 1428. The building was funded by Charles VII (aka "Charles the Victorious", "Charles le Bien Servi") and Louis XI (aka "Louis the Prudent", "Louis the Spider"). Louis XI choose this church as his burial ground. He and his second wife Charlotte of Savoy are buried here. Nearby is the heart of their son Charles VIII (aka "Charles the Affable"). He died, at the age of 27, in 1498 as the result of an accident. Not only swallows love the flamboyant Gothic architecture (see previous upload). Doves like to dwell and breed here as well.

The huge Gothic "Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André" replaced a preceding church, destroyed by English troops during the Hundred Years' War in 1428. The building was funded by Charles VII (aka "Charles the Victorious", "Charles le Bien Servi") and Louis XI (aka "Louis the Prudent", "Louis the Spider"). Louis XI choose this church as his burial ground. He and his second wife Charlotte of Savoy are buried here. Nearby is the heart of their son Charles VIII (aka "Charles the Affable"). He died, at the age of 27, in 1498 as the result of an accident. Swallows just love this flamboyant Gothic architecture, as it offers an ideal place for a residential area.

The huge Gothic "Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André" replaced a preceding church, destroyed by English troops during the Hundred Years' War in 1428. The building was funded by Charles VII (aka "Charles the Victorious", "Charles le Bien Servi") and Louis XI (aka "Louis the Prudent", "Louis the Spider"). Louis XI choose this church as his burial ground. He and his second wife Charlotte of Savoy are buried here. Nearby is the heart of their son Charles VIII (aka "Charles the Affable"). He died, at the age of 27, in 1498 as the result of an accident. On one of the walls is a long list of celebrities, who visited the place (see previous upload). Other visitors and pilgrims carved their names into the stones.

The huge Gothic "Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André" replaced a preceding church, destroyed by English troops during the Hundred Years' War in 1428. The building was funded by Charles VII (aka "Charles the Victorious", "Charles le Bien Servi") and Louis XI (aka "Louis the Prudent", "Louis the Spider"). Louis XI choose this church as his burial ground. He and his second wife Charlotte of Savoy are buried here. Nearby is the heart of their son Charles VIII (aka "Charles the Affable"). He died, at the age of 27, in 1498 as the result of an accident. Here is a long list of celebrities, who visited the place. Already the preceding, destroyed church, was place of pilgrimage, as a sanctuary of the Virgin.

The huge Gothic "Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André" replaced a preceding church, destroyed by English troops during the Hundred Years' War in 1428. The building was funded by Charles VII (aka "Charles the Victorious", "Charles le Bien Servi") and Louis XI (aka "Louis the Prudent", "Louis the Spider"). Louis XI choose this church as his burial ground. He and his second wife Charlotte of Savoy are buried here. Nearby is the heart of their son Charles VIII (aka "Charles the Affable"). He died, at the age of 27, in 1498 as the result of an accident. While on his way to watch a game of "jeu de paume" he struck his head on the lintel of a door and died a few hours later. His body (but not the heart) was buried in Saint Denis, where the grave got looted during the French Revolution.

The huge Gothic "Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André" replaced a preceding church, destroyed by English troops during the Hundred Years' War in 1428. The building was funded by Charles VII (aka "Charles the Victorious", "Charles le Bien Servi") and Louis XI (aka "Louis the Prudent", "Louis the Spider"). Louis XI choose this church as his burial ground. The cenotaph of Louis XI is under renovation. The bronce cenotaph, that Louis XI once had commissioned himself, got melted by Huguenot troops in 1562. The statue seen here today was created in 1622. The grave is under the metal door in the foreground. When I visited this church in 2009, the door was open. Buried here are Louis XI, his second wife Charlotte of Savoy and the heart of Charles III (aka "Carolus Simplex").

The huge Gothic "Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry-Saint-André", seen here, replaced a predecessing church, destroyed by English troops during the Hundred Years' War in 1428. The building was funded by Charles VII (aka "Charles the Victorious", "Charles le Bien Servi") and Louis XI (aka "Louis the Prudent", "Louis the Spider"). Louis XI and his second wife Charlotte of Savoy got both buried here in 1483.