The Portals West Facade Notre Dame Paris
by Debbie Oppermann
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The Portals West Facade Notre Dame Paris
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Debbie Oppermann
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"The Portals West Facade Notre Dame Paris" by Debbie Oppermann. On our way to Egypt, we had about a 5 or 6 hour layover in Paris France. We had planned on hiring a taxi to take us into the city of Paris to tour some of the historic sites and of course Notre Dame Cathedral was on our list. We didn't have long but I am so happy that we did stop for a bit to just revel in the beauty of this historic Catholic cathedral. The three portals in the west facade, portal of the Last Judgement, portal of the Virgin and portal of St Anne are amazing.
Four buttresses support the façade, two for each tower, and frame the three portals. On them are niches housing large statues restored by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century. The West façade of Notre-Dame cathedral is a remarkable Gothic masterpiece of simplicity and harmony. The West Façade of Notre-Dame cathedral took less a century to be built. Construction started in 1200 under the direction of Paris’ bishop Eudes de Sully.
Notre-Dame de Paris, Our Lady of Paris, also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. The cathedral was begun in 1160 under Bishop Maurice de Sully and largely completed by 1260, though it was modified frequently in the following centuries. The cathedral is one of the most widely-recognized symbols of not only the city of Paris but the French nation. On 15 April 2019, the cathedral caught fire and suffered significant damage, including the collapse of the entire roof and the main spire and substantial damage to the rose windows. Many artifacts were saved and French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to rebuild.
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April 15th, 2019
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