(c) patricia barry 2007 paris 1. notre dame de paris

(c) Patricia Barry 2007

Paris 1.

Notre Dame de Paris.


The cathedral Notre Dame is more than

8oo years old. The construction of the cathedral began in 1163. It took more than 200 years to build.

Notre Dame de Paris is located on the île de la Cité, one of the little islands in the middle of the river Seine.

Two thousand years ago, all of Paris was located on this little island.


Notre Dame

It’s hard to believe that this beautiful building was in such a bad state in the 19th century, people wanted to demolish it.

It was the great writer,Victor Hugo, who helped to save it through his famous book: « The Hunchback of Notre Dame. »


Near Notre Dame de Paris The bridge near Notre

Dame is called « Le Pont Neuf » or New Bridge.

It’s a funny name as it’s the oldest bridge in Paris!

It was the first bridge to be constructed of stone.


Notre Dame This is the façade of the

cathedral. In front of the cathedral is the square – now pedestrianised.

There are three huge entry doors at the front. Around them, there are statues of saints and bible characters.

The round stained glass window is called “une rosace” or rose window.


Outside Notre Dame There are always plenty

of people around Notre Dame

There’s always a long queue to climb the tower

There are visitors and tourists who want to go to Mass or pray

And there are the Parisians who live and work in the area.


Outside the cathedral

Here is a close up of the rose window, with the statues.


Notre Dame – the square

This plaque marks the centre of Paris.

All the distances in France are measured from this spot.


The square In the square, you can

find plaques which commemorate those heros who fought for the resistance during World War II

There were fierce fights in front of Notre Dame at the Liberation of Paris.


The interior

This is the most famous rose window which dates from the 13th century.

Its stained glass images tell bible stories from the Old Testament.


Behind the cathedral

Behind the cathedral, there is a quiet park area.

The architecture at the back of the cathedral is quite different from that of the front. Delicate flying buttresses support the building.


L’ile de France

This is a view of the cathedral seen from the boulevard on the other side of the river Seine.


The roof of the cathedral

Even the roof has decoration!

The apostles welcome those who climb the tower to the roof.


Notre Dame – les gargouilles 1. Climb the

tower to see the famous gargoyles.

This one keeps watch over le quartier Latin


Gargouille 2

The gargoyles are fantasy creatures


Gargouille 3

This hungry cat person is devouring a dog!


Notre Dame The famous bell which

weighs 400 tonnes It dates from the 17th

century It needed 25 men to

ring this bell in the past!

Nowadays, the bell is rung electronically.

It rings on Sundays for High Mass.

(c) patricia barry 2007 paris 1. notre dame de paris

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