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.

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.