Five Things to Know about Notre Dame Cathedral — VOA Learning English
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Notre Dame Cathedral in the French capital of Paris is set to reopen to the public Sunday after a five-year-long rebuilding project. The Cathedral had been badly damaged in a fire in 2019.
The Roman Catholic religious center is considered a jewel of Gothic building design, a symbol of Paris and is a popular site to visit.
The cathedral took 182 years to build between the 12th and 14th centuries. It holds some surprising stories. Here are five special things to know about this famous Parisian site:
The cathedral is considered France's geographic center.
In front of the cathedral, a metal and stone marker in the road describes the place as the "starting point of the roads of France.'' This sign…
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