Between many attractions of France, he emphasizes undoubtedly his rich and flourishing historical past. Certainly, if we speak about his cathedrals, quickly it occurs of the whole Notre Damme. And the fact is that it is a question of one of the big wealths of France, but not the only one.
In fact, there are several really impressive cathedrals, with the proper elements of the Gothic art: the veined vaults, the ogival arches, the enormous rose windows … the artistic manifstaciones of a few men who were praying with his constructions, which raise, still today, how enormous stone prayers.
- Amiens is a cathedral of a really impressive size, which demonstrates the big knowledge of the builders and of the craftsmen who were employed at her. His ship rests on 126 props, which in the exterior are reinforced by flying buttresses, giving form to a really impressive set. In his interior, he is worth stopping to contemplate the chairs of the choir.
- The cathedral of Reims, in which the kings of France were crowned, stands out for his magnificence and for his enormous rose window, and has a shop window of recognized Marc Chagall, in the last chapel of the rear part, with a representation of Biblical scenes.
- In Strasbourg, we will find the highest cathedral of France, and continuing towards the west, will come to Chartres, a beautiful place. The vitrales of this big cathedral cover a 2601 square meters whole, and he emphasizes the rose window of the west, in which podems to find a representation of the Last Judgement, one of the scenes that usually recur in this type of religious building. He emphasizes also the representation of the tree of Jesé, with the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
- And finally, we come to Paris, to Notre Damme. Undoubtedly, a visit that nobody who visits Paris must get lost. Sainte Chapelle is an impressive place, not in vain it called it itself the entry to the paradise.
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