3D print the Basilica of Saint-Denis
A free, printable model of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, its tower, buttressed nave and rounded east end, with the buildings and lawns around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Basilica of Saint-Denis
This Roman Catholic cathedral started out as a medieval abbey church. It lies in Saint-Denis, a commune in the suburbs north of Paris, France. The choir, finished in 1144, is widely seen as the first structure that brought together all the elements of Gothic architecture, and that gives the building singular importance, historically and architecturally.
The ground was first used as a Gallo-Roman burial place during the late Roman period. Saint Genevieve acquired land around the year 475 and erected Saint-Denys de la Chapelle, and in 636, on Dagobert I's orders, the remains of Denis of Paris were reinterred here; he is a patron saint of France. In the 12th century, Abbot Suger rebuilt parts of the church with innovative structural and decorative features and is said to have produced the first truly Gothic building. The next century, the nave and transepts were rebuilt by the master-builder Pierre de Montreuil in the Rayonnant Gothic style, then new.
The church grew into a pilgrimage site and a royal necropolis: it holds tombs of French kings, covering almost every king from the 10th century until Louis XVIII, in the 19th century. Coronations of the queens of France took place at Saint-Denis too. It was made a cathedral in 1966, when the Diocese of Saint-Denis was created.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 16 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 20 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 26 mm | 1:2,344 |
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West
- Slim pinnacles and flying buttresses
- Slender pinnacles and arched buttresses ring the nave and the rounded east end. Print friendly adapts thin parts like these to your print scale; Full detail keeps them, best on a larger print with 0.12 to 0.16 mm layers.
- Rose windows and arcades
- The tower and west front carry round windows and rows of small arches. These are fine surface details, so a bigger print keeps them easier to read.
- One piece with the ground
- The Basilica of Saint-Denis is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Basilica of Saint-Denis takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Basilica of Saint-Denis is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Basilica of Saint-Denis STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Basilica of Saint-Denis grows with the print: about 16 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
