So while we were sniffing away at the Fragonard Museum, Jeremy arrived at CDG and made his way to the hotel near us that would be the family's base for a few days in Paris. Next day, May 28th, we all together visited the cathedral, open to the public since Christmas or so, but still a long way from being completely restored from the fire of April, 2019.
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Nave view; spiffed-up enough for visitors; the cleaning and
restoration work was nothing short of monumental; Vicki and I
do not like the 800 year-old "like-new" look; not one of our
favorite cathedrals, anyway, nonetheless... |
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| Elevation |
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| HVAC |
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| Glazed triforium |
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| Very recent abstract windows...nice blue though |
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North rose and lancets; most of the glass in Notre Dame's
three rose windows dates from the 13th century and, thankfully,
survived the fire |
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| North-side polychome choir carvings... |
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Does the fire marshal know about this?! Most cathedrals
in our experience have now gone to flick-a-switch electric... |
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| St. George/Michael/whoever about to bonk the dragon |
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| Nice window, more HVAC |
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| St. Eustace beholding the Christian Bambi |
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| The Nazgul just don't look right all cleaned up and white |
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Nearly all the chapels were thus minimalized; as if
the whole place had been "staged" for an open-house |
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| South-side choir carvings |
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| And in Latin too |
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| North side rose window |
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Priest re-enactor hawking indulgences and commemorative coins
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| Organ; totally obscuring the west rose window |
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| Exiting through the now seriously enlarged gift shoppe |
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Porch ornament...funny faces occur mostly on the Romanesque churches
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| South facade archivolt |
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Only part of the exterior without cranes, scaffolding, other ongoing
construction |
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| Much yet to be done |
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