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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

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. ARCHIVE PHOTO (XIXEME SIECLE) OF THE STATUE OF SAINT THOMAS WITH THE HEAD REPRESENTING VIOLLET LE DUC. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS (75) - NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - LA CATHEDRALE VUE DU CIEL : AU DESSUS DU PORTAIL DE LA VIERGE (NORD DE LA FACADE OUEST), DETAIL DE LA GALERIE DES ROIS. 2? A PARTIR DE LA GAUCHE, LE VISAGE DE VIOLLET LE DUC. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) SUMMER 2012. EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM THE HEART OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. THE TRESOR ROOMS, HOUSED IN THE CHAPTER SACRISTY SINCE THE MID-19TH CENTURY. DESIGNED BY VIOLLET LE DUC, THEY WERE RENOVATED TO MARK THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL. HERE, THE CAMEO COLLECTION. THESE FIGURES OF THE 268 POPES WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED EACH OTHER, FROM SAINT PETER TO PIUS IX, WERE SCULPTED ON CORAL BY THE ENGRAVERS OF TORRE DEL GRECO (NEAR NAPLES), WHO SPECIALISE IN THIS TYPE OF WORK. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. ABOVE, THE GREAT GALLERY OF CHIMERAS AND GARGOYLES, WHICH LINKS THE BASE OF THE TOWERS. BUILT 150 YEARS AGO, THIS FRIGHTENING BESTIARY, THE BRAINCHILD OF ARCHITECT VIOLLET LE DUC, IS NOW AN INTEGRAL PART OF NOTRE DAME'S IMAGE. HERE, THE FAMOUS STRYGE OF THE NORTH TOWER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) SUMMER 2012. EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM THE HEART OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL IN PARIS. THE TRESOR ROOMS, HOUSED IN THE CHAPTER SACRISTY SINCE THE MID-19TH CENTURY. DESIGNED BY VIOLLET LE DUC, THEY WERE RENOVATED TO MARK THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL. HERE, THE RELIQUARY OF SAINT LOUIS, DESIGNED BY VIOLLET LE DUC AND MADE IN 1857 BY THE GOLDSMITH CHERTIER. IT CONTAINS THE SAINT'S RELICS: A LINEN TUNIC AND CHAINS OF PENANCE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) SITE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS (24 MAY 2024) : BENEDICTION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CROIX DU CHEVET (DESIGNED BY VIOLLET-LE-DUC), A 12-METRE-HIGH, 1.5-TON MASTERPIECE OF IRONWORK. IT IS NOW ANCHORED SOME FORTY METRES ABOVE THE GROUND, AT THE TOP OF THE APSE OF THE CHOIR FRAME. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS (75) REPORTAGE EXCLUSIF AU COEUR DE LA CATHEDRALE NOTRE-DAME. A HAUTEUR DE LA GALERIE DES ROIS, AU DESSUS DES TROIS PORTAILS DE LA FACADE OUEST. CES 28 STATUES FIGURENT LES ROIS DE JUDA ET D'ISRAEL, ANCETRES DU CHRIST. EN 1870, LA COMMUNE DE PARIS, LES PRENANT POUR DES ROIS DE FRANCE, LES FIT DECAPITER SUR LE PARVIS MAIS VIOLLET LE DUC LES FIT REFAIRE QUELQUES ANNEES PLUS TARD. AU DESSUS, DEVANT LA GRANDE ROSE (ROSACE), LA STATUE DE LA VIERGE A L'ENFANT AVEC SES DEUX ANGES. ALTITUDE 19 METRES Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. THE ROOMS OF THE TREASURY, GATHERED IN THE SACRISTY OF THE CHAPTER SINCE THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY. THEIR ARRANGEMENTS, MADE BY VIOLLET LE DUC, WAS RENOVATED AT THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL. THE ROOMS EXHIBIT AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTS, CHALICES, CROSSES, CAMEOS REPRESENTING THE POPES FROM ST. PETER, AND RELIQUARIES (THE ORIGINAL TREASURY WAS LOOTED DURING THE REVOLUTION). HERE, THE FIRST RELIQUARY OF THE HOLY CROWN OF THORNS, WITH GILDED COPPER AND GOLD GROUND, WAS MADE IN 1806 BY GOLDSMITH CHARLES CAHIER. THE WORLD GLOBE IS SURMOUNTED BY A CROSS, SUPPORTED BY THREE ANGELS. THE CROWN WAS SEALED IN THE CRYSTAL, INSERTED INTO THE BASE. TODAY, THE BASE CONTAINS A PIECE OF THE TRUE CROSS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. THE SACRISTY, BUILT BY VIOLLET-LE-DUC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. PARTS THAT COMPOSE IT ARE INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. HERE, THE MASSES SACRISTY, WHERE THE CUSHION ON WHICH STAYS THE RESTS THE HOLY CROWN OF THORNS AND THE NAIL OF THE PASSION (SEE PHOTOS 172-174), WHEN THE VENERATION OF RELICS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. AT THE CROSSING OF THE TRANSEPT, THE BASE OF THE SPIRE RECREATED BY VIOLLET LE DUC IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND DECORATED WITH TWELVE COPPER STATUES OF THE APOSTLES - ALTITUDE 60 M (ARCHIVE PHOTO TAKEN BEFORE THE VIOLENT FIRE OF 15 APRIL 2019, WHICH RAVAGED THE CATHEDRAL'S ROOF STRUCTURE AND DURING WHICH THE SPIRE, ONE OF THE SYMBOLS OF PARIS AT 93 M HIGH, COLLAPSED). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL WORKSITE - CITE DE L'ARCHITECTURE 29 JUNE 2021 : ARRIVAL OF THE LAST RESTORED SCULPTURE SURROUNDING THE CATHEDRAL'S ARROW (SAINT THOMAS IN THE GUISE OF VIOLLET LE DUC), THEN INSTALLATION IN THE DAVIOUD GALLERY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME. ARCHIVE PHOTO (19TH CENTURY) OF THE STATUE OF SAINT THOMAS WITH THE HEAD REPRESENTING VIOLLET LE DUC. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL WORKSITE - CITE DE L'ARCHITECTURE 29 JUNE 2021 : ARRIVAL OF THE LAST RESTORED SCULPTURE SURROUNDING THE CATHEDRAL'S ARROW (SAINT THOMAS IN THE GUISE OF VIOLLET LE DUC), THEN INSTALLATION IN THE DAVIOUD GALLERY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS RECONSTRUCTION SITE - 20 OCTOBER 2022 - CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCAFFOLDING IN THE TRANSEPT CROSSING, ENABLING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VAULTS AND THE VIOLLET-LE-DUC ARCH. THE SCAFFOLDING WEIGHS 600 TONNES AND IS 100 METRES HIGH. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM