Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris
FRANCE - PARIS (75) - CATHEDRAL NOTRE DAME DE PARIS : AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GALLERY OF KINGS, ABOVE THE THREE PORTALS OF THE WEST FACADE. THE 28 STATUES ARE THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL, THE ANCESTORS OF CHRIST. IN 1870, A REVOLT OF THE COMMUNE DE PARIS, TAKING THEM TO THE KINGS OF FRANCE, BEHEADED ON THE FORECOURT. BUT VIOLLET LE DUC REMADE THE STATUES A FEW YEARS LATER, NOT WITHOUT TAKING SOME LIBERTIES WITH THE ORIGINAL. ALTITUDE 19 METERS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA004515274
- Registered date
- 2012/4/12 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Compoint Stephane/Only Paris/ABACA
- Media size
- 5000 × 3333 pixel
- Deployment size
- 6.36(MB)*
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