In very recent development
The spire at the top of the notre-dame
Cathedral was set ablaze the notre-dame de Partie also called
The Notre Dame Cathedral is a Cathedral Church in Paris, France
And it's the most famous of the cathedrals of the Middle Ages. The foundation was laid by Pope Alexander the 3rd in
1163 and the high altar was consecrated in the year 1189 now the majority of the structure was completed by the Year
1250 and then the porches and chapels and other features were added over the next 100 years today
The nortre dame cathedral is a unesco world heritage site that attracts millions of people
Every single year here are some facts that you may or may not have known to honor the legacy of the Nora dom
Hey everyone. My name is Leroy Kenton and welcome back to FTD facts
This is a channel where we bring you facts about the different countries
cultures and people from all around the world
And first of all, I want to know have you ever been to the North Shore Dom?
Let me know down below in the comment section and share with me any of the experiences and memories that you have about it
So with France being the most visited country in the world with about eighty six point nine million visitors a year
It may not come as a surprise that the North odama Cathedral is the most visited Monument in Paris
France more than 13 million people visit the north Dom
Every single year now when you go to the Nutri Dom on the ground in front
There's a plate engraved with a compass and this is known as point zero of French roads like this spot right here
indicates where all
Distances to and from Paris are measured from it's the official measurement reference point of Paris
So for those of you who have been to the north shore Dom
You may just have pass over this and didn't really think it had much significance
Well, yeah, it does now the largest bell in nortre. Dom's bell tower is named Emmanuel now it was created in
1631 and it weighs over
20,000 pounds the Emmanuel Bell is tuned to f-sharp
and there are ten bells in total all of them having different weight and different sizes like manual the bells have
Proper names and the other nine are Marie
Gabrielle
John viev Denis
Marcel Etienne Benoit Joseph Maurice and jean-marie the bells of the noir tadam they ring several times a day
Filling the streets of Paris with their music and the first bell that you can hear Isabelle
Emmanuel now when it comes to the ownership of the North Shore Dom
So there's a law that dates back to the Year 1905 and it states that the nurturer DOM belongs to the French government
and the French government
Maintains it but the catholic church owns exclusive rights to use the cathedral so may come as a surprise for some people
This is not a Catholic owned Monument
The nurturer Dom also holds historical and very unique religious treasures like the holy crown for instance
This was worn by Jesus Christ during the passion and it has its home in the North Shore dom cathedral
along with a piece of the cross as well as a nail that was also used during the passion now the crown that I just
Mentioned is honored during the thorn
Holy crown worship ceremony and this happens every first Friday of every month as well as every Friday during the season of Lent
and on Good Friday as well now an interesting fact about the Norodom is when Napoleon Bonaparte decided to have his
1804 coronation he decided to hold it at the north truck Dom and that's where he infamously crowned himself
And you know at that time the notary Dom was in pretty bad shape, you know
It was beat up over years and years and years and for several years. It was just used pretty much as a warehouse
So when?
Napoleon declared that it was going to be returned to church use
This shed a lot more light on the north to DOM and rose it to a new prominence
then the famous author Victor Hugo he used the building as really the embodiment of
France itself in his book that he wrote in 1831 called in notre-dame de Patties
Some of us however may know that popular book as The Hunchback of nurtured off. The book was a huge
Success and it led to a major restoration of the North Road arm
Now when you go on top of an orchard, um, you can actually find a small hive of bees. Yeah
They're just up there. This was introduced in the year
2013 and the
Of bees that are on top of the nor chadam are buckfast bees and the strain was developed by a monk named brother
Adam and these bees are really known to be very gentle creatures
now the honey that's produced by these bees are then later donated and given to the poor that concludes this episode of
FTD facts on the Northshore Dom is definitely a sad time for the people of France and those that have
Associations with the North Shore Dom or just Paris France in general and here at FTD facts
We just really wanted to honor the legacy of the nortre dom and even during the sad time really just share with you some
Interesting facts about it from its beginning to the ups and downs that it had through its life
I'm definitely confident that you know, not your Dom in the past
It has gone through a whole lot of beatings especially during the French Revolution
And I mean it's survived and it's it's thrive. So we remain hopeful that the North Shore Dom will be restored
although not exactly how it was before I believe however
This is an opportunity to rebuild reconstruct and expand beyond what it ever was
Thanks everyone for tuning in to this episode of FCS, and I can't wait to see you in another episode
Hey everyone
So I just talked about the Norodom and if you want to know more about the country in which the north DOM is located
Here's a video that we go into a lot more detail
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