Notre Dame - description and pictures and prices
Notre Dame was completed only in 1345 its construction was arduous one. The result is an overwhelming building with towers 128 meters long and 69 meters high.
The bell tower, which reaches 90 meters, was added in the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc. Notre Dame owns several round windows, but the 13th century is the most impressive with a diameter of 13.1 meters.
Notre Dame has two organs: Orga Mare has 5 and 56 note keyboards, 111 registers and 7374 pipes and choir organ has two keyboards and 1,840 pipes.
The pillars of the east were 15 feet tall. The western part comprises 3 huge arcade and gallery kings.
During the restoration, a number of sculptures and inside were moved or destroyed. Only in the 19th century cathedral was completed by architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet Parisian-le-Duc. In the last century no new restoration works between 1991 and 2001.
About 13 million people worldwide annually visit the cathedral (an average of 30,000 people per day). In the days leading are over 50,000 pilgrims and visitors who enter the cathedral.
In front of the cathedral, is the "kilometer 0" of Paris.
The cathedral is open daily between 7:45 am and 6:45 pm
Guided tours are organized from Monday to Friday and are free:
French: from Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 3 pm (except first Friday of each month); Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 pm
German: Sunday 2 pm; Saturday 2:30 pm
English: Sunday 2 pm; Thursday 2 pm; Saturday 2:30 pm
Spanish: Saturday 2:30 pm
Italian: Thursday 2 pm; Saturday at 11 am
Japanese: Friday 2 pm
Chinese: First and third Wednesday of each month at 2:30 pm
Russian: Thursday 2 pm; Saturday 2:30 pm
Audio guides are available between 9:30 am and 6:00 pm (Sunday between 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm) and the fee is € 5.
Entry to the cathedral is free. Free concerts every Sunday at 4:30 pm
Address: 6, place du Parvis Notre-Dame 75004 PARIS District: Notre-Dame / Quartier Latin
Metro: Cité, St-Michel
RER B or C: Châtelet Les Halles
Bus: 21, 24, 27, 38, 47, 85, 96
Visit towers: April to September (10:00 am-6: 30 pm) from October to March (10:00 am-5: 30 pm), last visit was 45 minutes before closing. Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
Adult fee: € 7.5
Low (18-25 years): € 4.80
Person in charge of a group € 5.70 (over 20 people in group)
free minors
Visit the cathedral treasure is from Monday to Friday between 9:30 am and 6:00 pm, Saturday between 9:30 am and 6:30 pm and Sunday between 1:30 am and 6:30 pm.
The admission fee is 3 € reduced (up to 26 years old, unemployed) 2 €, children 6-12 years € 1
Encrypt, hide the results of excavations in the ruins of an old cathedral that discovers Paris. The entrance is opposite the entrance to the crypt in the cathedral and is open between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm (closed Mondays and holidays-bank holidays)
Entry fee is € 3.30 in vault, reduced € 2.20, € 1.60 and between 14 to 26 years free under 13 years
Group rate is 16 € (between 14-26 years) and € 45 (adults)
