Within

Notre Dame Cathedral

Virgin of Guadalupe (Mexican virgin)
Virgen de Guadalupe
(Dedicada a los creyentes Mexicanos)

Sainte Jeanne d'Arc
(Joan of Arc)

1185: Heraclius of Caesarea calls for the Third Crusade from the still-incomplete cathedral.

1239: The Crown of Thorns is placed in the cathedral by St. Louis during the construction of the Sainte-Chapelle.

1302: Philip the Fair opens the first States-General.

16 December 1431: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France.

1450: Wolves of Paris are trapped and killed on the parvis of the Cathedral.

7 November 1455: Isabelle Romée, the mother of Joan of Arc, petitions a papal delegation to overturn her daughter's conviction for heresy.

1 January 1537:James V of Scotland, is married to Madeleine of France

24 April 1558: Mary, Queen of Scots, is married to the Dauphin François (later François II of France), son of Henry II of France.

18 August 1572: Henri of Navarre (later Henri IV of France) marries Marguerite de Valois. The marriage takes place not in the cathedral but on the parvis of the cathedral, as Henri IV is Protestant.[3]

10 September 1573: The Cathedral was the site of a vow made by Henri de Valois following the interregnum of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that he would both respect traditional liberties and the recently passed religious freedom law.[4]

2 December 1804: the coronation ceremony of Napoléon I and his wife Joséphine, with Pope Pius VII officiating.

18 April 1909: Joan of Arc is beatified.

16 May 1920: Joan of Arc is canonized.

1900: Louis Vierne is appointed organist of Notre-Dame de Paris after a heavy competition (with judges including Charles-Marie Widor) against the 500 most talented organ players of the era. On 2 June 1937 Louis Vierne dies at the cathedral organ (as was his life-long wish) as he is nearing the end of his final concert held at Notre Dame.

26 August 1944: The Te Deum Mass takes place in the cathedral to celebrate the liberation of Paris. (According to some accounts the Mass was interrupted by sniper fire from both the internal and external galleries.)

12 November 1970: The Requiem Mass of General Charles de Gaulle is held.

6 June 1971: Philippe Petit surreptitiously strings a wire between the two towers of Notre Dame and tight-rope walks across it. Petit later performed a similar act between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

31 May 1980: After the Magnificat of this day, Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the parvis of the cathedral.

January 1996: The Requiem Mass of François Mitterrand is held.

10 August 2007: The Requiem Mass of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, former Archbishop of Paris, is held.

The cathedral is renowned for its Lent sermons founded by the famous Dominican Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire in the 1860s. In recent years, however, an increasing number have been given by leading public figures and state employed academics.

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Notre Dame de Paris

Bikers Tour

The Notre Dame Biker

Moon Man

Notre Dame Cathedral 

Notre Dame Birds

Back View 

Quai de l'Archevêché. Pont Saint-Louis

Tomorrow: Inside wonders.

Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair), of the Archbishop of Paris, currentlyAndré Vingt-Trois. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and in Europe. It was restored and saved from destruction by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, one of France's most famous architects. The name Notre Dame means "Our Lady" in French, and is frequently used in the names of Catholic church buildings in Francophone countries.Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.

Notre Dame de Paris was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress (arched exterior supports). The building was not originally designed to include the flying buttresses around thechoir and nave. After the construction began and the thinner walls (popularized in the Gothic style) grew ever higher, stress fractures began to occur as the walls pushed outward. In response, the cathedral's architects built supports around the outside walls, and later additions continued the pattern.

The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. During the 19th century, an extensive restoration project was completed, returning the cathedral to its previous state.

Construction

Rues de Montmartre

Basilique du Sacré-Coeur (detail)

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica (French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, pronounced [sakʁe kœʁ]), is a Roman Catholic church andminor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city.

The Map (Rue Cortot)

View from Montmartre

Chez Marie at Rue Gabrielle 

Wedding car thru Quai François Mitterrand at Place de l'institut 

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Moments In Montmartre

Moments of Life In Montmartre
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Paris Scenes

Luxor Obelisk and Eiffel Tower

Louvre Pyramid

Champs Elysées at Avenue W. Churchill (Invalides in the background)

La statue du général de Gaulle sur l’avenue des Champs-Élysées à Paris, une œuvre de Jean Cardot. (Charles de Gaulle statue by Jean Cardot. Place Clemenceau)

Monument and words of Charles de Gaulle, and in the background, Grand Palais.
(There is a pact twenty times secular between the grandeur of France and the freedom of the world)

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Place Charles de Gaulle

Arc de Triomphe

Place Charles de Gaulle

The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier 

The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It is located on the right bank of the Seine River. It forms the backdrop for an impressive urban ensemble in Paris. The monument surmounts the hill of Chaillot at the center of a pentagon-shaped configuration of radiating avenues. It was commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon at the peak of his fortunes. Laying the foundations alone took two years, and in 1810 when Napoleon entered Paris from the west with his bride Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria, he had a wooden mock-up of the completed arch constructed. The architect Jean Chalgrin died in 1811, and the work was taken over by Jean-Nicolas Huyot. During the Bourbon Restoration, construction was halted and it would not be completed until the reign of King Louis-Philippe, in 1833–36 when the architects on site were Goust, then Huyot, under the direction of Héricart de Thury. Napoleon's body passed under it on 15 December 1840 on its way to its second and final resting place at the Invalides.^[6] The body of Victor Hugo was exposed under the Arch during the night of the 22 May 1885, prior to burial in the Panthéon. 
Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War. Interred here on Armistice Day 1920, it has the first eternal flame lit in Western and Eastern Europe since the Vestal Virgins' fire was extinguished in the year 394. It burns in memory of the dead who were never identified (now in both World Wars). The French model inspired the United Kingdom's tomb of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. A ceremony is held there every 11 November on the anniversary of the armistice signed between France and Germany in 1918. It was originally decided on 12 November 1919 to bury the unknown soldier's remains in the Panthéon, but a public letter-writing campaign led to the decision to bury him beneath the Arc de Triomphe. The coffin was put in the chapel on the first floor of the Arc on 10 November 1920, and put in its final resting place on 28 January 1921. The slab on top carries the inscription ICI REPOSE UN SOLDAT FRANÇAIS MORT POUR LA PATRIE 1914–1918 ("Here lies a French soldier who died for the fatherland 1914–1918"). [Wiki]

Jose Saramago - 16 Nov 1922-18 June 2010.Carlos Monsivais - 4 May 1938-19 June 2010.(Splendid minds of XX-XXI centuries and both leftists.)
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City of Light / La Ciudad Luz

La Nouvelle Generation

Place de la Concorde

Out of Comedie Francaise (Place du Palais Royal)

Parisian Sky Game (View from Sacré-Coeur)

Back in Mexico City after two weeks in some incredible places of Europe, and if you don't mind I'll post some scenes of its immense beauty, people and streets. Just a search for light and movement. Hope you like it and thought that home is where your heart is.

  

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Mexico Paris

Faune Dansant (Dancing Faun) by E.L. Lequesne. Jardin du Luxembourg

Fountain in Mexico City (previous post)

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Past and Present / Presente y Pasado

Revolcadero, Acapulco

Entrance to Louvre

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Paris On The Run

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Evening Freeway

Viaducto M. Aleman

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Sunday Walk

“Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”

Albert Camus

[Progressive House Music by Vincent Pellerin]
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Steps into the light

La Casa del Torno / The House of The Winch

Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Morelos.  Established at the archeological site of Gualupita I by the Olmecs, "the mother culture" of Mesoamerica, approximately 3200 years ago. It is also a municipality located about 85 km (53 mi) south of Mexico City on the D-95 freeway.

The city was nicknamed the "City of Eternal Spring" by Alexander von Humboldt in the 19th century. It has long been a favorite escape for Mexico City and foreign visitors because of this warm, stable climate and abundant vegetation. Aztec emperors had summer residences there, and even today many famous people as well as Mexico City residents maintain homes there. Cuernavaca is also host to a large foreign resident population, including large numbers of students who come to study the Spanish language.

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Street Cross

Street offering to a death people.

Cross

Something is left

Over the warmest distances

On all the roads

there was blood from my feathers

As I tried to gather them

I saw that there were many

It is not Christ who went by

As slowly as the hours of the East

My cross did not burden my back

Nor does it fly above the roofs

THERE WERE RED SPECKS IN THE MEADOWS

My wingless cross was on my chest

And has never wished to close its eyes

A bird burns in the setting sun

The things we have forgotten

Gazing lifewards

I have seen my cigarette

smoking in the warmest distances.

From:

ARCTIC POEMS

VICENTE HUIDOBRO

Translation by Ian Barnett

Cruz

Algo se ha quedado

Sobre las más tibias lejanías

En todas las rutas

había sangre de mis plumas

Al querer recogerlas

he visto que eran muchas

No es el Cristo que ha pasado

Lento como las horas del Oriente

Mi cruz no cargó mis espaldas

Ni vuela sobre los techos

EN LA CAMPIÑA HABÍA PUNTOS ROJOS

Mi cruz sin alas iba en mi pecho

Y no ha querido nunca cerrar los ojos

Un pájaro se quema en el ocaso

Cuántas cosas hemos olvidado

Mirando hacia la vida

He visto mi cigarro

que humea en las más tibias lejanías.

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El Camino

The Path

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Serpents Fountain

Fuente de las Viboras

Serpents Fountain (four serpents) by Architect Leonides Guadarrama 1964.Chapultepec 2d Section Mexico City

To The Aztecs Quetzalcoatl was, as his name indicates, a feathered serpent, a flying reptile (much like a dragon), who was a boundary maker (and transgressor) between earth and sky. He was also a creator deity having contributed essentially to the creation of Mankind. He also had anthropomorphic forms, for example in his aspects as Ehecatl the wind god. Among the Aztecs the name Quetzalcoatl was also a priestly title, as the most two important priests of the Aztec Templo_Mayor  were called "Quetzalcoatl Tlamacazqui". In the Aztec ritual calendar, different deities were associated with the cycle of year names: Quetzalcoatl was tied to the year Ce Acatl (One Reed), which correlates to the year 1519.

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Sunset Walk

Isla Mujeres

Women Island beach, (in the background Cancun)
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