2002. June 17. - Paris: Louvre, Notre Dame

Nobody else seems to like this picture but me: looking at the Sun from inside the glaass pyramid of the Louvre.	David inside the Louvre.	David with a huge Greek amphora.	The ceiling of the palace-turned-museum of Louvre.	Fantastic place to show off a bunch of sculptures.	A Roman mosaic floor.
A Roman sculpture (notice Romulus and Remus sucking on the wolf).	Famous sarcophagus of a couple.	A Greek statue (Pallas maybe?).	David by another Greek statue.	The famed Venus de Milo.	Even the Louvre has a piece from the Parthenon...
David standing by another Roman mosaic.	Sculptures lining up by the wall.	Another famous Greek sculpture.	The winged Niké.	A view of the Louvre's courtyard from inside.	Amazing paintings above.
A magnificent room.	More of the fantastic interior.	The huge hall of Italian painters.	Just one of the many Leonardo da Vinci paintings in the Louvre.	A famous painting on which a face is made out of fruits and vegetables.	More veggie-faces.
Big paintins on every wall.	The crowd around the Mona Lisa - which is protected by a several inch thick glass.	I never realized this El Greco painting is so big!	The Louvre is full of rooms like this!	David by the famous painting on which Napoleon crowns her wife.	Everybody is staring at it.
A painting of Madame Recamier.	A famous painting of the French revolution.	A Michelangelo sculpture.	Another Michelangelo sculpture (I think).	Even the fireplace is extraordinary here.	Statues from the ancien Babylon.
LaLa standing by Hammurabbi's Code of Laws.	Now that's what I call a vase!	The French Crown Jewels.	David at awe.	Watteau's famous painting of a clown.	A modern minimall under the Louvre.
Entrance of the police headquarters found on the isle of Cité on which Notre Dame is located.	The top of the Notre Dame.	The inside of the Notre Dame.	One of the rosary windows of the church.	A wider view of its location.	The main rosary window of the Notre Dame behind the organ.
What a door!	Notre Dame.	The main rosary window from the outside.	The tower to the right - note the people walking on its balcony.	The sculptures right above the doors.	What a door! (Again!)
One of the famous gargoyles on the balcony.	This gargoyle is looking down at Paris.	This gargoyle (named LaLa) is by the bell.	One of the towers up close and personal.	This is where the hunchback of Notre Dame would've lived - if he was real.	This is what the gargoyles stare down at: the square in front of the Notre Dame.
The tower below the balcony's level.	This is what's behind the Notre Dame: the end of the Cité isle.	The Eiffel tower from the top of the Notre Dame.	Rarely seen back view of the Notre Dame.	Note the flying buttresses.	LaLa at the Notre Dame.
A side view of the Notre Dame.	The back of the Notre Dame.	The front of the Notre Dame.	A beautiful picture of the Notre Dame at sunset.	The Moulin Rouge.

Panoramic view from the Notre Dame: looking westward.