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Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris
Ile-de-France
France
01 42 34 56 10.
Type: Religious Site
Hours: The cathedral is open daily, 8am to 6:45pm; services are at 9:30am, organ recitals Sundays at 5:30pm
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Paris
Ile-de-France
France
01 42 34 56 10.
Type: Religious Site
Hours: The cathedral is open daily, 8am to 6:45pm; services are at 9:30am, organ recitals Sundays at 5:30pm
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Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the most consistent backdrops in the history of Paris. Built on the site of an ancient Roman temple, the first stones were laid by Pope Alexander III in 1163. Even before construction was complete, people came from all over Europe to see this amazing architectural feat. Seven centuries later, we still can’t get enough of the flying but tresses, the stained glass windows, and the intricately carved statues on the façade.
Pillaged during the 1789 Revolution (the sans-culottes smashed the statues of the saints, thinking they were kings) and subsequently turned into a wine depot, it was restored to the church by Napoleon when he was crowned Emperor there in 1804. It survived the Paris Commune of 1871 (supposedly because the communards didn’t want to burn anything too close to the hospital next door where they took their wounded), although it suffered badly from neglect.
When Victor Hugo’s Notre Dame de Paris (a.k.a. The Hunchback of Notre Dame) was published in 1831, Parisians were inspired to shell out for massive renovations. It was only in 1854 that the architect iollet-le-Duc added the gargoyles and spire to the towers.
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