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New views of Notre Dame

 

Notre Dame cathedral is almost always a stop for us when visiting Paris; even when it's not a destination, it's often somewhere in our sights.

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As familiar as it is, it has something new to offer almost every time: A detail we hadn't noticed, a cleaned-up wall, or a different viewpoint for a picture, such as the ones above, taken from the rear, and from the Left Bank. At top, a different interior view, capturing lights and shapes.

106068220170912_20311220170912_210645On this year's visit, we also were able to view a different time and lighting when we attended an evening concert of 13th-century music. No surprise, by the way: It's an excellent concert venue.

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The cleaning of the exterior in recent years has changed the appearance significantly since the 1968 view above, and many more details can be seen.

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Inside, two quite different war memorials, steps apart: One honors British Empire troops who died in World War I, the other Joan of Arc, whose death is blamed on England.

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Above, one of the magnificent rose windows in the transepts, and below two stone visitors as entranced by the glass as I was. And below that, a statue that seems about to smash the glass!P1060632P1060630

And a bishop whose tomb leaves one thinking, perhaps, of a rhinestone cowboy.

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Photo of Notre Dame, 1968: Roger Wollstadt/Flickr

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