Hello everyone. Sorry for the late post. Recently I am caught up with a lot of homeworks and assignments. Plus the monthly exam is just around the corner so my time schedule is quite tight at the moment. Okay, back to the post. Today I am going to introduce something which is found only in Paris. I am sure everyone have read or heard or even watched "The hunchback of Notre Dame". We all learn that this "ugly" hunchback resides in the highest floor of Notre Dame where he rang the bell of the magnificent tower everyday. In reality, whether a hunchback really lives in the Notre Dame
is true or false really depends on the individual. If you believe he exist, then he will exist in your heart but if no, then just stick to your belief. Now back to the topic. The actual name of Notre Dame is Notre Dame de Paris. It is located in Paris, France. The word Notre Dame actually means "My Lady" in French. A nice name right? Hehe. In actual fact, the Notre Dame was almost destroyed during the 1970's when the France revolution took place. I guess we are all happy that the French government decide to restore it so that we all might have the chance to visit it. Notre Dame is still used as a cathedral in the modern civilization. The picture to the right is Notre Dame during Christmas. Beautiful ain't it? The construction of Notre Dame took up a lot of time. The construction started back in 1163 and it took them approximately 182 years to complete it. The inside of the tower is even more glamorous but I don't think I will be posting them out or else there would be no more meaning to visit it personally. Oh right, I almost forgot. There really are bells allocated within the building. They are position in the different locations throughout the building 
and if I am not mistaken, the one located at the south part of the tower is called Emmanuel. Besides that, you can also notice flying buttresses outside the Notre Dame which supports the thin walls of the building from falling apart or crack up. This is one of the flying buttress found outside of Notre Dame. One of the main purpose why Notre Dam
e was more outstanding than the Romanesque structures is because it have a heavy influence of naturalism which is lacking in the Romanesque architecture. It's naturalism influence is greatly shown when you look at the heavily stained glass and it's sculpture. The stained glasses are actually called rose windows and they are rather magnificent and they also look marvelous when you look at it up close. Whenever we talked about cathedrals, organs must not be excluded in the topic. In Notre Dame case, it's organ has a total of 7800 pipes with 900 of them considered as historical ones. It also have 109 stops and one of the greatest organist which ever played this majestic organ is Louis Vierne. He modified the tonal characteristic of the organ making it sounds just like the voice of the angels. There are still a lot of interesting part about this building which we must see it for ourselves. For example the nave and the choir. The roof of this building is also a must see as it's designed is very unique. According to the locals, the structure of this building is actually thought of by one of the bishops during that time and his name I think was Maurice de Sully. They say that he have a vision of a beautiful cathedral and sketch it down on paper before removing some houses and built some roads for the construction of his visionary cathedral and that's My Lady. Well, that's all from me for today. Next is time to go to the beach. *smirk* Oh right, before I end today's topic, here's the reason why we must go to see the Notre Dame with our own eyes.
This is how the Notre Dame looks like if one viewed it from the south. Truly beautiful!
is true or false really depends on the individual. If you believe he exist, then he will exist in your heart but if no, then just stick to your belief. Now back to the topic. The actual name of Notre Dame is Notre Dame de Paris. It is located in Paris, France. The word Notre Dame actually means "My Lady" in French. A nice name right? Hehe. In actual fact, the Notre Dame was almost destroyed during the 1970's when the France revolution took place. I guess we are all happy that the French government decide to restore it so that we all might have the chance to visit it. Notre Dame is still used as a cathedral in the modern civilization. The picture to the right is Notre Dame during Christmas. Beautiful ain't it? The construction of Notre Dame took up a lot of time. The construction started back in 1163 and it took them approximately 182 years to complete it. The inside of the tower is even more glamorous but I don't think I will be posting them out or else there would be no more meaning to visit it personally. Oh right, I almost forgot. There really are bells allocated within the building. They are position in the different locations throughout the building 
and if I am not mistaken, the one located at the south part of the tower is called Emmanuel. Besides that, you can also notice flying buttresses outside the Notre Dame which supports the thin walls of the building from falling apart or crack up. This is one of the flying buttress found outside of Notre Dame. One of the main purpose why Notre Dam
e was more outstanding than the Romanesque structures is because it have a heavy influence of naturalism which is lacking in the Romanesque architecture. It's naturalism influence is greatly shown when you look at the heavily stained glass and it's sculpture. The stained glasses are actually called rose windows and they are rather magnificent and they also look marvelous when you look at it up close. Whenever we talked about cathedrals, organs must not be excluded in the topic. In Notre Dame case, it's organ has a total of 7800 pipes with 900 of them considered as historical ones. It also have 109 stops and one of the greatest organist which ever played this majestic organ is Louis Vierne. He modified the tonal characteristic of the organ making it sounds just like the voice of the angels. There are still a lot of interesting part about this building which we must see it for ourselves. For example the nave and the choir. The roof of this building is also a must see as it's designed is very unique. According to the locals, the structure of this building is actually thought of by one of the bishops during that time and his name I think was Maurice de Sully. They say that he have a vision of a beautiful cathedral and sketch it down on paper before removing some houses and built some roads for the construction of his visionary cathedral and that's My Lady. Well, that's all from me for today. Next is time to go to the beach. *smirk* Oh right, before I end today's topic, here's the reason why we must go to see the Notre Dame with our own eyes.
This is how the Notre Dame looks like if one viewed it from the south. Truly beautiful!
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