Notre Dame in Black & White Tapestry

One of my favourite views of Notre Dame in black & white. Photographed with a Canon 400D, Paris, France. Notre Dame was a short 10 minute walk from our apartment on Rue Dauphine in the middle of Paris. You walk across one of the many bridges over the Seine (Pont Neuf was the closest). The river is full of boats with exciting, waving tourists. Just in front of the cathedral, to the right, stands a large statue. The inscription reads "Charlemagne et ses levdes", meaning “Charlemagne and his noble servants”. Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was the great Frankish king during the 8th century who helped define the Western Europe we know today through his conquering. The statue is not as old as the Notre Dame itself, ...