Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - Saint Denis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4bC_7EVfhA9UlmYzOiOP3sLxDWMR9BfF1jgiJ_zgZJGIXSU9gkJihSuxwKDo0V7eRc-9gog5xcjk73qxfKnmKsLRpBnG6D6kwKIU7HmB9xNIUjny9eyPeFqPQgkxDsIx5Iyt3wc1Abs/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_174DSC_4529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4bC_7EVfhA9UlmYzOiOP3sLxDWMR9BfF1jgiJ_zgZJGIXSU9gkJihSuxwKDo0V7eRc-9gog5xcjk73qxfKnmKsLRpBnG6D6kwKIU7HmB9xNIUjny9eyPeFqPQgkxDsIx5Iyt3wc1Abs/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_174DSC_4529.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A small section of the statues of Notre Dame features</div><div style="text-align: center;">poor Saint Denis, a martred Bishop of the 3rd century,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> who carried his head through Paris after being decapitated.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a section over the left portal of Notre Dame.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - Saint Denis

Notre Dame A small section of the statues of Notre Dame features poor Saint Denis, a martred Bishop of the 3rd century,  who carried his hea...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLdx83ADpsRyIOa1BUPnHCoR4zykVVtijzUl-gJnk9th15EMoBddHSkBEfbDWflin_f5714W_IhighmNBxjxYQljw9r5WFel7UB9JLPw1g8ujEgekFS_BQNgLu6TkzhiCq0IYEiu-kWQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_118DSC_4473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLdx83ADpsRyIOa1BUPnHCoR4zykVVtijzUl-gJnk9th15EMoBddHSkBEfbDWflin_f5714W_IhighmNBxjxYQljw9r5WFel7UB9JLPw1g8ujEgekFS_BQNgLu6TkzhiCq0IYEiu-kWQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_118DSC_4473.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A series of concentric iron circles...</div><div style="text-align: center;">a scattering of candles.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame A series of concentric iron circles... a scattering of candles. bon dimanche Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris 6 Parvis Notre Dame P...

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Les silhouettes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jf0WGMkPmoxPhNn4rFL7huNGDMCBzEjbfDfkpknzX6K5YK8puEzCEqd9ga6cZYr5mVAKwtDjqebfe3tn1qSqUGht1NixyR1jzZ009sxArWMooLdV2_nIe_q9D6yUvRmjNV6eCthabTE/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jf0WGMkPmoxPhNn4rFL7huNGDMCBzEjbfDfkpknzX6K5YK8puEzCEqd9ga6cZYr5mVAKwtDjqebfe3tn1qSqUGht1NixyR1jzZ009sxArWMooLdV2_nIe_q9D6yUvRmjNV6eCthabTE/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0312.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seen in a shop in the 5eme</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">full of handmade toys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These tin figures danced in the shadow </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of Notre Dame seen in the distance.</div><br /><br /><br />Rue de Bièvre<br />75005, Paris<br />Métro Maubert-Mutualité

Les silhouettes

Seen in a shop in the 5eme full of handmade toys These tin figures danced in the shadow of Notre Dame seen in the distance. Rue de Bièvre 75...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - illumination

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbE_PzQn7XA6lsbYyVF_A_9YDauJ-Ue-ELQ8H_GBJcMpm4AWvH9RPFBehbbT_r7pPTotZT43JaFJMCCYgGosKdrXsoA7Sezqb_lfNJnx9FA5LPCuRBA1jkF3tBhzl1ARLstiLbaAOhho/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_114DSC_4469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This well-known example of French gothic architecture is getting a makeover for its 850th anniversary.  Yes, 850 years old - It was consecrated in 1163!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">New bells, the restoration of the organ and more environmentally-friendly lighting... She is making preparations to celebrate her birthday in great style and you can see the evidence of the freshness in this photo.  If you will be in Paris between December 12, 2012 to December 9, 2013, be sure to visit (or re-visit) this icon of the Paris landscape.  There will be a full schedule of events during the year's celebration.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you want to have a more personal experience in a visit to Notre Dame, be there as it opens daily at 8:00am, and you will have it almost to yourself.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>6, Place du Parvis Notre-Dame,</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - illumination

This well-known example of French gothic architecture is getting a makeover for its 850th anniversary.  Yes, 850 years old - It was consecra...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdX_kUL0j84CRhogvdd_SG3rlk5cFbnoRBV0h6eu6apwGsBIFuE2ILgEq75BPDpf_hk7wnD2Kb4QaYppLFsUEIQqjt4V-DcFx2TrKvsyfUPmc852ND-nU0u4IDaFXFkGGpx6Kbgk9121w/s1600/2010+june+00183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" pca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdX_kUL0j84CRhogvdd_SG3rlk5cFbnoRBV0h6eu6apwGsBIFuE2ILgEq75BPDpf_hk7wnD2Kb4QaYppLFsUEIQqjt4V-DcFx2TrKvsyfUPmc852ND-nU0u4IDaFXFkGGpx6Kbgk9121w/s640/2010+june+00183.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Red roses, some past the full bloom, add color to the stone face of Notre Dame</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(taken from Square René-Viviani)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">6, Place du Parvis Notre-Dame</span></em><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span>

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Red roses, some past the full bloom, add color to the stone face of Notre Dame (taken from Square René-Viviani) bon dimanche Cathédrale Notr...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6ZZnfS84Jcv3bKG_y8QpOtfcwTkIFtlIkq8zrtbMgBFF8T4jrimFNXZOaYngc7gf5asnbTqLBweBmgk65jhv2X9m3p6cF21QbMVe6OwdBSpTHA9lNnxxBlqwHSB2zqSpMYiu3iBEFvM/s1600/2012+mar+28+Notre+Dame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6ZZnfS84Jcv3bKG_y8QpOtfcwTkIFtlIkq8zrtbMgBFF8T4jrimFNXZOaYngc7gf5asnbTqLBweBmgk65jhv2X9m3p6cF21QbMVe6OwdBSpTHA9lNnxxBlqwHSB2zqSpMYiu3iBEFvM/s640/2012+mar+28+Notre+Dame.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Although it resembles a chandelier, it looks like a crown for the King</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joyous Easter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75004, Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Although it resembles a chandelier, it looks like a crown for the King Joyous Easter Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris 6 Parvis Notre Dame Plac...

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