On the home stretch of our ride.

Just a picture of the best use of space. Wouldn't you love to have the room on the end of the building? A three way view of the city.

The doors on the entry way to the far right are from a basillica that stood on this ground around the time of 528 A.D. This church was torn down, but the doors were saved to adorn Notre Dame's entrance. Two other sets were made to match the other entrances.

A closeup of the rose window above the entrances. The Virgin Mother Mary can be seen holding the Christ child.

 

Adam is on the left and Eve is on the right. Below them are the Kings of Judah marking Christ's lineage.

This is the rose window that was taken down to be preserved in case the Nazis destroyed Notre Dame. 

A Jewish Memorial and museum commemorating those who lost their lives during WWII. 500 children from Paris, and 100 from this neighborhood alone lost their lives during the Nazi invasion and occupation. 

This memorial wall lists the names of those who helped hide and save Jews during this time.They names are placed on the wall in the year that they die. There are still names be adding as of today.

The gingerbread looking buildings are what Paris looked like originally. I think it was Louis XIV who didn't really like this look and ordered all the houses to have the current facades instead of the original gingerbread. These are two of just a few that remain today.

This wall has some history. Elaenor was engaged to Louis VII  brother who died from a riding accident. Louis VII, who was planning on being a priest, had to take over as king and marry his brothers fiance. It was said that she was not the most pious of women and had quite a reputation at the ripe old age of 15. She married Louis VII who divorced her a couple of years later. Eight weeks after her annulment, she married the King of England. One of the sons she bore was Richard the Lion-Heart. Louis VII feared being taken over, so he built himself a fence around Paris to keep his ex-wife and her current interests out of his France. This is all that remains of that wall.

A little castle, with a little, revolution, and a little reminder. This castle was besieged for three days in 1830. The cannon balls were so small and so useless that they just bounced off the sides of the building. The nobility just stayed inside the castle until the rebels gave up.

 As either a reminder of cruel justice, the residents, embedded one of the cannonballs into the side of the building with the last day of the rebellion.