During our last day in Paris, we decided to visit inside some famous buildings we had walked past, starting with Notre Dame.
Beautiful stained glass window.
Next, we visited another church on l'Ile de la Cité, Sainte Chapelle. This is a much smaller church, built by King Louis IX (also known as Saint Louis) as a private chapel for the royal family. Getting to the chapel requires passing through tight security, similar to an airport, as it is located within the courtyard of the Paris courthouse, Le Palais de Justice.
Nice ceiling patterns.
Most of the walls are glass.
Blue seems to be used a lot. The chapel was built in the 1240's.
We then visited the Pantheon. This is a beautiful building built in the 1740's by Louis XV. It was modeled on the Pantheon in Rome. The Roman one was built in 126 AD.
View from the upper bacony.
From the roof, you get a great view of Notre Dame.
Also a good view of the Eiffel Tower, seen behind Darlene and Paulette.
The building is used to hold the tombs of many famous French citizens. They are in the basement of the building, called the crypt. Here we see the tombs of 3 famous writers: Victor Hugo on the left, Emile Zola on the right and Alexandre Dumas in the back.
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