Notre-Dame-de Paris

Notre-Dame, Paris

An emblem of Paris with its 2 towers reaching 69 meters in height, it has been given prominence by many authors and artists including Victor Hugo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

Construction began in 1163 on a site where a temple to Jupiter had stood during the Roman conquest.  It was damaged during the French Revolution and again in the havoc of the Paris Commune (first working class uprising) in 1871.  The Cathedral can hold 10 000 people inside.