1	Paris 1. Notre Dame de Paris.
2	The cathedral Notre Dame is more than 8oo years old. The construction of the cathedral began in 1163. It took more than 200 years to build.
3	Where is Notre Dame de Paris? Notre Dame de Paris is located on the île de la Cité, one of the little islands in the middle of the river Seine. Two thousand years ago, all of Paris was located on this little island.
4	Near Notre Dame de Paris The bridge near Notre Dame is called « Le Pont Neuf » or New Bridge. It’s a funny name as it’s the oldest bridge in Paris! It was the first bridge to be constructed of stone.
5	Outside Notre Dame There are always plenty of people around Notre Dame There’s always a long queue to climb the tower There are visitors and tourists who want to go to Mass or pray And there are the Parisians who live and work in the area.
6	Notre Dame It’s hard to believe that this beautiful building was in such a bad state in the 19^th century, people wanted to demolish it. It was the great writer,Victor Hugo, who helped to save it through his famous book: « The Hunchback of Notre Dame. »
7	Outside the cathedral This is the façade of the cathedral. In front of the cathedral is the square – now pedestrianised. There are three huge entry doors at the front.
8	Notre Dame – the square This plaque marks the centre of Paris. All the distances in France are measured from this spot.
9	Notre Dame Around the entry doors, there are statues of saints and bible characters. The round window is called “une rosace” or rose window. It has stained glass.
10	Outside the cathedral Here is a close up of the rose window, with the statues.
11	The square In the square, you can find plaques which commemorate those heros who fought for the resistance during World War II There were fierce fights in front of Notre Dame at the Liberation of Paris.
12	"Behind the cathedral" Behind the cathedral, there is a quiet park area. The architecture at the back of the cathedral is quite different from that of the front. Delicate flying buttresses support the building.
13	L’ile de France This is a view of the cathedral seen from the boulevard on the other side of the river Seine. You can see the quiet park
14	The interior This is the most famous rose window which dates from the 13^th century. Its stained glass images tell bible stories from the Old Testament.
15	The rose window The same window from the exterior. The whole cathedral is extravagantly carved and decorated.
16	The roof of the cathedral Even the roof has decoration! The apostles welcome those who climb the tower to the roof.
17	Notre Dame – les gargouilles 1. Climb the tower to see the famous gargoyles. This one keeps watch over le quartier Latin
18	Gargouille 2 The gargoyles are fantasy creatures; this one resembles a flying monkey.
19	Gargouille 3 This hungry cat person is devouring a dog!
20	More gargoyles!
21	Notre Dame The famous bell which weighs 400 tonnes It dates from the 17^th century It needed 25 men to ring this bell in the past!
22	La cloche Nowadays, the bell is rung electronically. It rings on Sundays for High Mass.
23	Notre Dame In the setting sun, we see the wonderful architecture of the cathedral.