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Paris. Lesson 7
Notre-Dame de Paris: A Gothic Icon
Notre-Dame is one of the most famous cathedrals in the world. Located on the Île de la Cité in Paris, it’s a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. Many visitors come to find out about its history, including the fire in 2019 that damaged the roof.
Before the fire, tourists would often line up to climb the towers and see the city from above. Today, restoration work continues, and the famous gargoyles and bells have been taken down for repairs.
You can still admire the outside and visit the nearby archaeological crypt to learn more about the history of the island. Don’t forget to walk along the Seine and enjoy the street booksellers, too.
Notre-Dame is expected to fully reopen soon, so it’s a great time to learn about its past and see how it’s being brought back to life.
Notre-Dame is one of the most famous cathedrals in the world. Located on the Île de la Cité in Paris, it’s a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. Many visitors come to find out about its history, including the fire in 2019 that damaged the roof.
Before the fire, tourists would often line up to climb the towers and see the city from above. Today, restoration work continues, and the famous gargoyles and bells have been taken down for repairs.
You can still admire the outside and visit the nearby archaeological crypt to learn more about the history of the island. Don’t forget to walk along the Seine and enjoy the street booksellers, too.
Notre-Dame is expected to fully reopen soon, so it’s a great time to learn about its past and see how it’s being brought back to life.
Vocabulary
- to find out about - to get some information about something/somebody by asking, reading, etc.узнать о
- to line up - to form, put into, or organize a line-up/ to produce, organize, and assembleвыстроиться в очередь, строить в ряд
- to take down - dismantle and remove a structureснести
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Answer some of these questions:
- Do you know what happened to the cathedral?
- From the video why is there no tickets now?
- When do you need to visit it for free?
- Would you like to visit or you would prefer another landmark?
Vocabulary
- restoration - make an old painting /building betterреставрация
- reserve- have a ticket or a room in advanceрезервировать
- stainedglass -coloured glassвитраж
Fill in the blanks
Before the fire, visitors would __________ the towers for a chance to see the view from above.
We stopped at the visitor center to __________ the cathedral’s reconstruction plans.
During the restoration, workers had to __________ some of the statues to protect them.
If you want to __________ Notre-Dame’s history, the archaeological crypt is a great place to visit.
People used to __________ for hours just to ring the giant bell in the south tower.
Engineers carefully __________ parts of the damaged roof after the fire.
Great work! Well done!