Here are pics from inside and atop Notre Dame de Paris. Walking thru the cathedral is free. Ticket are required to climb the steep narrow stairs to the top. (It’s free with the Paris Museum Pass.)
Construction began on Notre Dame in 1163 and was completed in 1345. It’s one of the best examples of French Gothic architecture with these fantastic stained glass windows. It was one of the first buildings to use flying buttresses. I’ll admit I had no idea what those actually were until recently. (They’re the arches on the outside of buidings, notice them a lot around windows.
Allegedly Notre Dame houses Jesus’ crown of thorns, placed there in 1239. And a man-eating pack of wolves that killed 40 people in the winter of 1450 was lured to Notre Dame and killed by Parisians. More interesting facts on Wikipedia.
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From Notre Dame -- Inside. Shot May 26, 2010. Paris, France
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From Notre Dame--Atop. Shot May 26, 2010. Paris, France
