Before the match The 12th-century Saint-Sernin basilica (place Saint-Sernin) is Europe’s mightiest Romanesque church, built in honour of a bishop dragged to death by a bull.

The marriage of young Eleanor of Aquitaine and the future King Louis VII in 1137 is depicted in the Chroniques de Saint- Denis (12th-13th century). Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.

Medieval wonders First stop must be the 12th-century Notre-Dame-La-Grande. The finest Romanesque façade in France is a stone-cut, multi-level comic book of the New Testament’s greatest hits.