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Victor Hugo pays homage to architecture in his most famous work of fiction

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

If there’s one novel that stands out for its focus on the history of architecture it is Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo.

Although buildings often take on a character of their own in works of fiction, Hugo bases his entire history of Paris on the architectural movements and the dedication that gives rise to arguably the city’s most famous landmark.

You could say that Notre-Dame de Paris, known to many as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, does for European architecture what Moby Dick does for whale-hunting. It dissects the subject and gives it an unerring sense of gravitas right in the midst of a wonderfully engaging story.

It’s good come away from a novel feeling you have learned something and Notre-Dame de Paris definitely has that effect. Right from the first sentence you can tell that Hugo’s real passion is architecture and his enthusiasm for it lays the groundwork for an incredibly vivid homage to the French capital and its skyline.

Tallest buildings in France

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

We all know that the tallest structure in France is the Eiffel Tower located in paris. At 324 meters tall the tower that was build in 1889 and there are no plans for any new builders to be constructed taller than the tower.

So what is the Tallest buildings in France well that’s the Tour Maine-Montparnasse at 210-metre (689 ft) it’s the second tallest structure in France. Constructed in 1969 to 1972 it’s also the 9th largest building in the E U.

In 1995 the building had the honour of being climbed by Tour Alain Robert a French free climber known as spider man. But the building isn’t the most pleasent of lookers and was voted by Virtualtourist as the second ugliest building in the world.

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