Sacelaa - Victor Hugo and Notre-Dame The setting for a novel Viese Hogos famous novel, The Hunchback of | Note Dans, st publiabed in 183%, wan 4 ge soccer a oe. a8 was publ. | soci with a general eval of interest 0 the Middl Ages snd medical monuments st | the Hine. Hoo sera melodrama pin 4 his torial ating made even more exralling by ‘the novels marination, Ie se is econ traction of the boning he of Sek enty ‘lanes pct tn ncaa ake lac the comers, with pride of place Beng gen to fee eel ee cet llr Quasimodo, A defender of the country's heritage “The comers are very special pat of Note Ie ey ee sell Votes Hag ey “beautifull Balanced parts of a magnificent shal, The author's Romani and petresqne "nenve drew anton tothe eathedas® profoundly dilapidated sttein the ety 19h cea, CConninced tha “zea buildings, ke gest mountsng, ate the work of certs, he cok. eee eet eel ice eater eet (Net Miane en 1845. ress noee arte ‘ence foe the nuntry's ertage nd dhe beginnings of policy i favour of restoring tapos ete Glossary pee tee ere ‘Chine: depiction ofa monster or myial ing: Oramentalsulpure aot 9 be confused with gargoyles which are protruding fenares Aesigned to dein esse Final ornament insted by Hower ‘Gea bel the zs ell with the deepest sou Pris: the square in font ofa church ree retreat) anu spreading ce load to the antes eae eee “Ine of eh igh, In sster legend, Practical information Visiots ay ascend the ees in groups of 20 No toils fats, 400 sep nol yaa This vis not sechmmended fe peegaent women, or people sullen om verriga 0 ‘otrdiac compas, CENTRE DES ace MONUMENTS NATIONAUK << 7 Towers of Notre-Dame ‘The symbol of medieval Paris The full glory of Gothic architecture 1n 1163, Bishop Maurie de Silly ad he rst stone of [Nowr-Dame de Pais an mbiious project which wae complete, on the seo! de ‘Merovingian cated" Ie ge site wold note ached uni the Cathedrals” of Amiens snd tins wane baled he 125056 toes ore 59 metres high. Noee-Dame de Pars was 0 be Fee eee ene eee pi the mid-1 30h ener I ayooe was very rodeen ith its veal nave, no projecting transept and 9 chit wth double ambulatocy. Inthe years 1220-1230, the upperparts were Telexigned in che new High Gatic set eng moze ight te choi ae 9th-century restoration work Te satay was damaged during the Revolution From 1885, he architects Vile: ee eee ue restoration work on Nott-Dame and 1 Feconstrac sts capt decortion. Setce 9, the Cathal” has received Unesco World Heritage ining a par of the "Par, Baa of the Seine ona“ Introduction to the visie “The upper room of the north tower ia he same level a the orga gallery eas a ght Section nib vaulted” cling Whose keystone s 14 metres above the ground To the hick of the oom is tenable spiral saicase a lopenwork ree High up “The Chimera gallery, 46 mee above the round, ges name (fom the acu adorning the cones ofthe Balustrade, There teseares, designed by Violle-e-Duc in the 1th century, re tantante birds, yr beat and mythical Inonsers etching of the towers. The most famo of the chimeras, the syea” onthe "uh 8 you activ, sens to gate at the rerchangong capital ey. The eulpted ‘ecoeacin visible fom the galley ety ich and include fil” gargoyle, priming heads and orockets. The eolonnade gallery supporting the chimera gallery sows highly sophisticated acarres and decorations, “The Place du Parva" bears the mark from which he distances Between Fai nd oer eee tere ‘ute ofthe previous cathedral, andthe hie ‘of ntat vat oa Ras NewyeNere Dunc mack by lrge paving sb This pais is he reslt of the urban development work cased ‘ur by Havssmann nthe years 1860-1870 “The south tower belfry" Here you conse the Cathedral" largest ball he 17ehcentry ares bell kaewn a "Emsavel* which ise wet ‘more than 13 cons, andi lappe 50 is. “Ths bell only ransom major Catholic eae ays, wheres four other ballin he north tower peal ut several tesa dy B Stereo ‘The top of the south tower From here you can lak out over the whole of Paris and enjoy a Tosely view over the Seine and ie bed. 5 To the weston the Hee. Cis you can se the sine Chapelle, the Hiel-Diew and he Palas de Juste, and futher away the Louvee snd the Arc de Triomphe, echoed by the Grande Arche de La Defense {6 To the orth the Saint jacques Tower and Suet Coeur tse up over Monta, 1 Yo the eat, you can ae on he He Sit Louis and the Bibliotheque Nationale France satonal liber) eset aera a the pte a the tans crossing, bul by ‘Viollee-Dye to replace the saler one tra dove dering the Revolution. Foe groups of ofthe evanglins, descend on al sides of he In the group of Jon the Evangsisy, symbolized eject ce Tht apeeraped ek Fesrare of Voletde-Dac an ie fag the site st 16a adiratian of is creation, Looking south o the le bank, you can se the mare of src comeing the oldest hoses in he Latin dit as well ste Chrch tf SanJalnePautre,Ontop of Sai Genevieve Mount stands the Panton, Thang westward, the tare of Sia Salpice [Church andthe ged cupola of Les Invalides The west facade seen from the parvis “The balance seen nthe facade has Been achieved teow the sled se of versal and horizons erates. The vertical othe four batees, towers nd spite soffit by the horizontal lin of the (Galeryof King bf lel and Judah and bore orale the lower part are ih carve Inthe centre you can se the Last fasgement poral 9) with, nthe rompanom, Chee the ‘ada, and onthe intl the weighing of rut. The Vig portal (10 depts the crowning of the Vign on the tympanum othe ley wero the ight, she ympanui ofthe older Suit ‘Ann's portal (1) bears Vingin with Child in the oscod Rowan eye Am exploration ofthe crypt and the eathedals* Imaserpieses ae an eal wat round off your