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(c) Patricia Barry 2007

Paris 1.

Notre Dame de Paris.


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The cathedral Notre Dame is more than8oo years old. Theconstruction of the

cathedral began in 1163.

It took more than 200

years to build.

Notre Dame de Paris islocated on the le de la

Cit, 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.


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Notre Dame

Its hard to believe thatthis beautiful building wasin such a bad state in the

19thcentury, peoplewanted to demolish it.

It was the greatwriter,Victor Hugo, whohelped to save it through

his famous book: TheHunchback of NotreDame.


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Near Notre Dame de Paris

The bridge near Notre

Dame is called Le

Pont Neuf or New

Bridge. Its a funny name as

its the oldest bridge in

Paris!

It was the first bridge

to be constructed of

stone.


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Notre Dame

This is the faade of the

cathedral. In front of the

cathedral is the squarenow

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.


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Outside Notre Dame There are always plenty

of people around Notre

Dame

Theres always a longqueue 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.


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Outside the cathedral

Here is a close up

of the rose

window, with thestatues.


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Notre Damethe square

This plaquemarks thecentre ofParis.

All thedistances inFrance aremeasuredfrom this spot.


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The square

In the square, you can

find plaques which

commemorate those

heros who fought forthe resistance during

World War II

There were fierce

fights in front of NotreDame at the

Liberation of Paris.


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The interior

This is the most

famous rose

window whichdates from the 13th

century.

Its stained glass

images tell biblestories from the

Old Testament.


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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 ofthe front. Delicate

flying buttresses

support the building.


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Lile de France

This is a view of the

cathedral seen from

the boulevard on the

other side of the river

Seine.


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Notre Dameles gargouilles 1.

Climb thetower tosee thefamousgargoyles.

This onekeepswatch overle quartier

Latin


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Gargouille 3

This hungry cat

person isdevouring a

dog!


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Notre

Dame The famous bell which

weighs 400 tonnes

It dates from the 17thcentury

It needed 25 men toring this bell in thepast!

Nowadays, the bell isrung electronically.

It rings on Sundays forHigh Mass.

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