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This towering Gothic cathedral was built
in the dead center of
Paris. There is even a small plaque stating this fact in front of this
Goliath structure. All of Paris radiates out form the island (
Ile la Cite)that Notre Dame is built upon. Construction of Notre Dame was begun in 1163 and finished 200 years
later by the great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren of the people who
started it. Notre Dame is huge. Notre Dame is breathtaking. Notre Dame
is gothic beauty at its best. Every inch of the cathedral is made up of complex statuary. Many of the windows and statues tell stories such as Saint Denis, bishop of Paris who after being beheaded picked up his head and walked several miles before dying. Or the last judgment or the Kings of Judah (who were all beheaded during the revolution).
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