Saturday, November 2, 2013

Notre Dame

Notre Dame de Paris (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris) is a Catholic church represents the architectural style Gothique on the Île de la Cité Island (located between the Seine) of Paris. This is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris.



Notre Dame or Notre Dame de Paris is the place where the most important rituals as rites of France's Napoleon crowned best in 1804, or ritual to restore the honor of the saints female virginity in France.


The church was started by the will of Pope Alexander III and King Louis VII and it took 182 years to the famous cathedral completed. Paris's Notre Dame cathedral final lines as well as the new structure is compared with that era. For example, the arc of stones radiate far look like beautiful ribbon and to prolong the life of the church, rainwater from the gutters, which flows through the mouth of the statue made ​​around, to water spray away from the wall (from damage to the foundation under the wall time).

The statue prints & wall decoration

All the walls, roof, doors of the church are built of carved stones and magnificent. The most prominent feature of the Notre Dame Cathedral Paris is the glass mural painting, symmetrically.

The sparkling glass layer gives the church the miraculous light when the sun shines on, reflecting on the sprawling land. The praise of glass paintings are "giant stone symphony".


In the novel "Notre Dame de Paris", the famous writer Victor Hugo tall buildings turned into a fair judgment of the truth.

We can say this French icon is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture in Europe. The roof and towers, domes are sharp, soaring into the sky, creating a towering majesty.

Notre Dame at night

The big bell is also the pride of Notre Dame. The largest bell named Emmanuel, weighs 13.000kg, have to ring the bell tree weighs 500 kg.

In the 17th century, the bell had to be recast, using more gold and silver from old jewelry Parisians voluntary contributions, making gentle cry as the music.

One of the bells in the church

It is the center of France both figuratively and literally, because everyone near and far distances are calculated from the center front of the church and a circular piece of copper 0 kilometer mark.

Panorama Notre Dame

The dome of the church

Inside the church

The statue outside church



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