La Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris

So Monday we set forth on a walking tour, starting at the Hotel de Ville, crossing the river, looking at the cathedral, and then walking back along the right side from the Pompidiou through Les Halles to the Opera district. It was an all-day thing, with many sights, so I'll let Paris scènes, neuf extend through a couple more posts.

The usual crowd...the Mother of them all...

Knave view

A bit of the elevation, including the huge glazed gallery

Ditto; despite being a cloudy day, the interior was still lovely

North rose window

Pretty old; not the first Gothic, nor even the first Gothic
cathedral, but pretty old

Screen around the choir

One of several models

Traditional view...well, better from the Left Bank

Bow view

Still on the Ile de la Cite, we found the "traditional" site of the residence of
Heloise and Abelard (identified in 1849, at the height of the 19th century's
Medieval craze); Sic et Non