Articles tagged ‘French cathedrals’

September 11, 1939

By Parisgirl | September 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
In 1939, it was Notre Dame de Paris rather than the World Trade Center in New York that faced the threat of annihilation, but unlike the surprise attack on the WTC, France had an opportunity to take advanced action.

 

Churches: Great Architecture or Symbols of Exploitation?

By Parisgirl | June 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Notre Dame de Paris
Photo by Chris Card Fuller
Yesterday we chatted with an English and a Mexican visitor in France. (Sheila and Sylvia). Sheila admitted that she wasn’t too keen on visiting cathedrals - she and her friend Sylvie were visiting Rouen. When I asked about the cathedral, she said they had visited the [...]