The maisons d’éducation de la Légion d’honneur are the French secondary schools set up by Napoleon and originally meant for the education of girls whose father, grandfather or great-grandfather had been awarded the Légion d’honneur.
Access is still by hereditary right.
The Basilica of Saints Denis at the background.
The Saint-Denis education centre occupies the cloister of the former royal abbey of Saint-Denis, next to the abbey church, which is now the Saint-Denis basilica.
The house was also used in the films:
*Les Femmes de l’ombre.
*Les Trois Mousquetaires: D’Artagnan and Les Trois Mousquetaires: Milady
*Le Comte de Monte-Cristo will grace the walls of this school.
The Maison de Saint-Denis also hosts a number of concerts at the Festival de Musique de Saint-Denis10.
Main staircase.
The door is the work of Brother Pierre Denis, a monk who was a master of ironwork at Saint-Denis, 18th century.
The chapel.
The library.
