Day 2 - Paris (1/4) - Notre Dame
supplemented with some of Jiekai's pictures in lieu of mine, which have been lost for eternity due to his cockitude
Chickens and a WHOLE PIG roasting on a spit we saw on the way to the Pantheon. Mmm.
Pantheon. I've always thought Corinthian capitals to be pretentious, so it is apropos that the Pantheon uses them
Faculty of Law, Université de Paris. It's a mirror building of City Hall, as the buildings have the same design.
City Hall
Pantheon front
Statue of Rousseau
Unfortunately, Jiekai's guidebook listed the wrong opening time for the Pantheon, so we detoured to Notre Dame first.
There was a long line of students outside St Genevieve's library, half the length of the Pantheon. This was very sad.
*Picture of pigeons bathing in a roadside puddle*
This picture has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
*Picture of St Ephraim's Syrian Chuch*
This picture has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
*Picture of Fabio Hair Salon*
After getting too old to pose on the cover of Romance novels, Fabio moved to Paris to share his hair secrets with Parisian women (and men)
This picture has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
Side view of Notre Dame
View of Seine from bridge to Notre Dame
Bronze monument dedicated to Charlemagne built by Charles and Louis Rochet in 1882, outside Notre Dame. I had a better view from the front instead of below, but the picture has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
Notre Dame facade. I had several shots for a large stitch, but the pictures have been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
Notre Dame portal
Notre Dame interior. I had a better picture, but it has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
Stained glass
Vaulting
Joan of Arc. I had a better picture, but it has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
St Thomas Aquinas. I had a better picture, but it has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
*Mystery of the Resurrection*
This picture has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
Video of the Mystery of the Resurrection
Items from Notre Dame Treasury
Items from Notre Dame Treasury
Reliquary of St Louis
*Reliquary used at the coronation of Napoleon*
This picture has been (?) lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
Palatine Cross. I think this houses a fragment of the "True" Cross
I had a better version but it has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
Items from Notre Dame Treasury
Items from Notre Dame Treasury
Tunic worn by St Louis
I had a better version but it has been lost for eternity due to Jiekai's cockitude
Evolution of the Gothic Cathedral in France
The crown of thorns was supposed to be somewhere in the treasury also, but for some reason I couldn't find it.
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame chandelier (?)
Mystery of Christ's Humanity
Miniatures showing how the cathedral was constructed - I never found the alcove where this was
Notre Dame Font (?)
Notre Dame
Cock files:
- I left my bag (with my camera etc) on the breakfast table to get some vile juice, and told him to watch it, but he walked away
- He didn't change his camera time so the EXIF data on all the pictures is 6 hours off