Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Cult of Reason

The Cathédrale Notre-Dame was erected between 1163 and 1250. Then the transepts seemed old fashioned and got demoshed and rebuilt. This was finally done in 1363. This facade had been completed in 1225, the towers and the rose window in 1250. At that time Saint Denis was already 60 years old - elegant Laon about 10 years. There are two aisles on either side. The distance to the choir is about 130 meters. The height of the nave reaches 32,50 meters. The windows of the choir had no tracery in the early times. When Philipp II (1165-1223) made Paris the the capital of his kingdom, Paris may have had a population of 20.000 (just like Cologne). About half of the population could find a place inside the Cathédrale Notre-Dame. In 1793 the cathedral was dedicated to the Cult of Reason, later to the Cult of the Supreme Being, before is was just used as a warehouse for the storage of food.

Waiting in line again in front of the western facade of Notre Dame. The cathedral had been erected between 1163 and 1250. Then the transepts seemed old fashioned and got rebuilt. This was finally done in 1363. This facade had been completed in 1225, the towers and the rose window in 1250. At that time Saint Denis was already 60 years old - elegant Laon about 10 years. In 1793 the cathedral was dedicated to the Cult of Reason, later to the Cult of the Supreme Being, before is was just used as a warehouse for the storage of food. Here is the main portal, well restored after the Huguenots and the sans-culottes´ vandalism. The nearby portal of the Sainte Chapelle (previous uploads) looks like a simplified copy of this.

Waiting in line again in front of the western facade of Notre Dame. The cathedral had been erected between 1163 and 1250. Then the transepts seemed old fashioned and got rebuilt. This was finally done in 1363. This facade had been completed in 1225, the towers and the rose window in 1250. At that time Saint Denis was already 60 years old - elegant Laon about 10 years. I remember, that when I was here as a student, I had to count all squares I could detect on this facade. I have been here quite often and I have uploaded photos from Notre Dame already. So, I´ll cut the story short this time. Note the "Galerie des Rois" running across the facade. There are 28 huge statues of the biblical Kings of Judah. Since medieval times, the Parisians saw them as French Kings. During the French Revolution sans-culottes climbed up and beheaded them. The heads crashed to to the ground. 22 of the damaged heads were found during an excavation campaign in 1977 - and can now be seen in the "Musée de Cluny". The statues seen here date to back to the 19th century and there are rumours, that one of the "new kings" looks like the famous architect Viollet-le-Duc. In 1793 the cathedral was dedicated to the Cult of Reason, later to the Cult of the Supreme Being, before is was just used as a warehouse for the storage of food. When I was waiting I tried to see Quasimodo up there. Yes, he still lives there. I know this, as Mr. Hugo, one of Quasimodo´s few friends, told me that some years ago.