6. South – Notre Dame

1.  Spreadsheet of 16 buildings and attractions on the South side of Central Paris:

2.  A map of the South side of Central Paris:

A map of the South part of Paris

3.  Photos of the Buildings and Attractions listed and mapped above:

38. Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Beaux Arts. est. 1648. 1832-1870. Felix Duban. 1897 Women first admitted. 1902 Julia Morgan graduated.

39. Hotel de la Monnaie. (Paris Mint). 1771-1775. Jaques Denis Antoine.

40. Pont Neuf. 1578-1607. Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau and Pierre del Illes. (Photo Credit: Yolanda A.)

42. Ile de la Cite – Looking West North West towards Cathedral de Notre Dame.

43. Hotel Dieu est. 651. 829. 1867-1878 Reconstruction. Oldest still operating hospital in the world. (Photo credit: Elizabeth D.)

Altar – Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris

Pulpit – Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris.

Nave – Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris.

Rose Window above the Organ — Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris.

South Facade — Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris.

Looking West North West — Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris.

North Transept — Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris.

North Side of Nave – – Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris.

The 315 ft. Spire designed by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc.

44. West Facade – 1200-1250. Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris. 1158 Construction began. Jean de Chelles, Maurice de Sully. April 15, 2019 Fire. December 7, 2024 Restoration, Reopening.

1651 Pulpit. St. Etienne.

Unique 16th-century rood screen, bridging the nave and choir. St. Etienne.

45. Eglise Saint Etienne du Mont. 1494-1624. Stephen Viguiere. 1537 Choir. 1541 Apse Chapels. 1584 Nave. 1610 Facade begun. 1624 Bell Tower. 1651 Pulpit.

46. Central School of the Pantheon (Lycée Henri IV) 1730 Painted Dome, 2022 Restored. (See 45. above, to the right of the Eglise St. Etienne is the Tower and School Lycée Henri IV building)

a copy of the Foucault Pendulum. 1851. The device was designed to demonstrate the Earth’s rotation.

Dome interior of the Pantheon.

Pantheon sanctuary, note triple dome.

47. Pantheon. 1755-1790. Jacques Germain Soufflot. Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Marie Curie buried here.

48. Bibliotheque Sainte Genevieve. Note 69 ft. width of library.

48. Bibliotheque Sainte Genevieve est. 831. 1843-1850. Henri Labrouste. 278 X 69 ft.

50. The University of Paris (Sorbonne) est. 1257. Robert de Sorbonne, Chaplain to King Louis IX established the college of Sorbonne.

Grande Bassin, Jardin du Luxembourg. Since 1927 model sailboats have plied the waters of the lagoon. (view North toward the Palais du Luxembourg)

Grande Bassin, Jardin du Luxembourg. Since 1927 model sailboats have plied the waters of the lagoon. (view west, south of the Palais du Luxembourg)

51. Palais du Luxembourg, Jardin 1612. 1615-1645. Alphonse de Gisors, Salomon de Brosse. (view looking north toward the Palais du Luxembourg)

Chapel of the Virgin Mary. 1730-1732 Fresco. Eglise Saint Sulpice.

Altar. Eglise Saint Sulpice.

Nave and Crossing. Eglise Saint Sulpice.

Pulpit. 1788. Charles de Wailly. Eglise Saint Sulpice.

Great Organ. 1862. Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Reused many materials from the original 1781 Clicquot organ to create one of the finest romantic symphonic pipe organs in the world. Eglise Saint Sulpice.

Fontaine Saint Sulpice. 1843-1848. Louis Visconti.

52. Eglise Saint Sulpice. 1646, 1670-1678 Daniel Gittard. 1709-1745 Nave. 1870 Completed. 1862 Great Organ. Second Largest Church in Paris.