notre dame

There is so much history in Paris, often do not know where to start, and with numerous different monuments to visit, you can not forget to visit Notre Dame is over 800 years!

Located on a small island called Ile de la Cité in the middle of the Seine, its official name is the cathedral of Notre Dame, but it is often known simply as Notre Dame and a Gothic cathedral that took almost 200 years to complete. Began in 1163 under the reign of King Louis VII, but has not finished making up around 1345.

Even Notre Dame, but has held many important events, such as Henry VI of England is crowned king of France in 1431, during the years that fell into ruin. But it was Napoleon who saved the Church demolition back in 1802 and then crowned himself emperor here in 1804, but was still in very bad state of disrepair.

We sure you've heard about the novel by Victor Hugo called the Hunchback of Notre Dame and this particular story was what led people to raise funds for restoration, which has managed to almost back to its former glory.

And indeed, after the outbreak of the Second World War it was feared that the bombers Germans could destroy the windows so they were removed and restored at the end of the war and a particular tower, glass called Rosa, was the largest window on the world when he was recruited in the 13th century and still contains its original medieval glass.

Notre Dame translates as Our Lady and this monument in Paris is always used as a cathedral Roman Catholic Mass for Sunday is the seat of the Archbishop of Paris and is used for large events, where famous bell rings. But instead of labor is now the bell rings and automatically take up the spiral staircase, you can get to see this enormous bell that was saved from being melted.

Also during the climb to the tower bell and you can also see the flying buttress style used in the construction of the cathedral and the gargoyles outside the building, to prevent the evil spirits go further, you get a great view of the city, but is about more than 140 steps.

It is now clear that every cathedral has an organ, but Notre Dame has actually had several, even if the former were too low and feel the first organ was installed in early 1700 with a job driving home that remain today.

But one of the Old Cathedral bodies can be seen at the Museum of Notre Dame de Paris, with musical scores, notes and articles Personal exposed to Louis Vierne, organist of the cathedral and the museum is just one block from the cathedral. Although small, it is very old and fascinating, interesting documents such as drawings, maps and prints, which reveal the mysteries and various development stages of Notre-Dame de Paris, the more it speaks of life in City of Lutetia formerly known as Paris.

In addition, the plaza in front of Notre-Dame is a plaque placed by Andrew Michelin, the founder of the Michelin tire company, and from this point that all distances are measured in France.

Open daily year, Notre Dame de Paris is free to enter, although there is a charge to venture into the tower, which is accessible outside the church on the left side when you look at the main entrance of the cathedral.

Also you can make a visit tour, organized by the staff of the cathedral itself and are conducted in different languages on different days of the week. For example, guided tours in English are provided in Wednesday at 2 pm, Thursday at 2 pm and Saturdays at 2.30pm. Tours in other languages like Spanish, Russian, Japanese, etc, are carried out at different times, but All these elements can be canceled if there is a special occasion, what always consult with staff on site or call ahead.

So if you go for pilgrimage or just as a tourist, this fascinating building which has become a famous monument in Paris, not to be missed while on holiday in France.

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