Notre Dame Cathedral

We visited the Notre Dame Cathedral around a week ago. The first item I found interesting was that the cathedral was on an island in the Seine river called Ile De Cite. The oldest bridge in the city is one connecting the island with the mainland.

It is hard to describe the cathedral. It is considered one of the best examples of gothic architecture (not sure what that means). The amount of detail in every carving is hard to convey. Suffice it to say, it is worth seeing!!!!!
There is a funny story about the stained glass windows. Apparently in the 1800s, a priest decided to replace the stained glass windows in the cathedral with clear glass windows to let more light in. Therefore, most of the stained glass windows were removed and the current ones are no more than a hundred years old. I bet that priest would kick himself if he were around now. DOH!!!!!

Anyway, there is a beautiful garden behind the cathedral that was really cool. We did not go in the crypt or the tower when we went there. We planned to visit Versailles in the same day, so we were intent on not spending too much time at Notre Dame. The cathedral was very crowded which made it a little less fun. If you ever get a chance, visit the cathedral. A thought which occured to me when looking at the gargoyles and the stone carvings is that there are no buildings being built now with this level of detail. The skills are slowly dying on how to even construct something like this.

	Front View
	More detail of Notre Dame front
	Doorway with amazing carvings
	Cat in front of Joan d'Arc statue
	Ornate wood carving
	Enormous Stained-glass window
	A better picture of the interior
	Cat in front of one of its many doors
	Jesse in front of its door
	Side View of Cathedral
	One of its towers
	Garden Behind Cathedral
	A view from the back