Notre Dame de Paris is one of the most famous churches in the world.  Known for its flying buttresses, gargoyles and as the home to Quasimodo in Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame.  The Gothic cathedral has been standing guard, sometimes under serious threat of destruction, as Paris has grown and evolved over the last 700 or so years.  As with any great church the stories that are told in the art are rich with meaning.  Click the above video for a short tour of some of the details in Notre Dame’s facade that might not get noticed as you get overwhelmed by the magnitude of one of Europe’s finest architectural achievements.

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