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Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral

Practical info

Type of location: Church

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral

6, parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris

+33 (0)1 42 34 56 10

http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/

Historical description

The Île de la Cité

The sculptures on the Saint Anne portal of  offer one of the most moving testimonies we have to medieval Judaism. The frieze in question, just above the doorway, dates from the late twelfth century. It represents the Virgin’s mother, Saint Anne, meeting ... Read more