After admiring the Hôtel de Ville, we continued our walk to the Notre Dame de Paris or the Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris. If translated in English, Notre (Our) Dame (Lady) of Paris. Still, it is in the 4th arrondissement so just nearby the Hotel de Ville. The Notre Dame Cathedral houses the Archbishop of Paris.
What attracted me, physically, inside the church are its stained glasses. They are magnificent! I took photos of some of them. The Notre Dame de Paris or the Notre Dame Cathedral is also widely considered one of the “finest examples of French Gothic architecture” (Wikipedia 2011) in the country (France) and also the rest of the continent (Europe), naturally aside from the awesome stained glasses I previously mentioned.
This is from the right side of the Cathedral's entrance. Look around up and see the design...
Since this group of policement on horses were passing as I crossed the street to the Cathedral, I just have them posted here... :)
WIth my fave...Joan of Arc... the quality is really bad but I did not want to use flash inside the Cathedral (respect)...
Bass relief (?) depicting Christ's sufferings...
Notre Dame de Paris in one glass... this is the miniature version inside the glass...
Also the miniature version of the labor force that made this church, Notre Dame de Paris successfully erected...
Below are a few samples of the many beautifully crafted stained glass inside the Cathedral. Beautiful work...
wow!!! that cathedral is super nice. I want to see them someday too... thanks for the visit and comment....
ReplyDeleteThanks for the outstanding tour! Joan of Arc is a favorite of mine also.:)
ReplyDeletei envy you!! being in paris and all!! *swoons*
ReplyDeleteanyhow.. here's a youtube link for the english subs of three idiots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng8jdfcKiFc
enjoy! :)
An interesting post.
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