https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php Saint-Sulpice cathedral, built over two centuries (1500s to 1700s). One of the locations featured in The Da Vinci Code. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5764 5764 Saint-Sulpice cathedral. It is massive; just a few feet shorter than Notre Dame. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5768 5768 The "meridian line" made famous by The Da Vinci Code. Saint-Sulpice cathedral. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5771 5771 This line was actually part of a church-sponsored astromony experiment, designed to help fix the date of Easter. Saint-Sulpice cathedral. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5774 5774 Marc and Emile in front of the obelisk at the end of the "meridian line". Saint Sulpice cathedral. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5777 5777 Fabulous spiral staircase, carved in stone. Can't remember if this abbey is with St-Sulpice or St-Germain des Pres. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5783 5783 Gargoyle! Saint-Germain-des-Pres, oldest church in Paris (original church finished 558; destroyed then rebuilt; finished 1163). https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5786 5786 We love gargoyles. Saint-Germain-des-Pres. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5789 5789 Saint-Germain-des-Pres. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5792 5792 Saint-Germain-des-Pres. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5795 5795 Notre Dame cathedral. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5916 5916 29 Kings of Judah. These statues lost their heads in the French Revolution (the revolutionaries thought they were French kings). https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5919 5919 Notre Dame cathedral. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5922 5922 Notre Dame is incredibly massive! https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5925 5925 The beautiful, arched ceilings of Notre Dame cathedral. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5928 5928 One of the famous "rose windows" at Notre Dame. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5931 5931 Notre Dame cathedral. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5934 5934 The beautiful stained glass of Notre Dame. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5937 5937 Archeological digs near Notre Dame cathedral, showing old building foundations. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5940 5940 Notre Dame. The detail of the building is incredible. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5943 5943 Notre Dame cathedral roof line. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5946 5946 Nortre Dame cathedral. Everything about it is designed to draw your eye upward, toward Heaven. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5949 5949 Classic view of the "flying buttresses" of Notre Dame. https://www.blacksdesign.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5952 5952