Part 2.....we went into the basilica, and the $5 admission fee was totally worth it....because what we found inside was so breathtaking and beautiful....we spent a good 2 hours there taking photos and just looking around....it was actually quite dark inside....light only came in from above....
the notre dame basilica was built in 1824....but it did undergo certain changes to its design...
Pictures:
Wow!!
Ceilings....there's a bulb right in the middle to provide lighting...i wonder how they change the bulb when it fuses...
Candles
Beautiful architecture...
Candles again...
Designs on the sides...
Outside the Basilica..
Jesus....this picture quite hard to take....coz the lighting was quite dark....
Ceiling design..
Quynh...
Me and Quynh..
Again! this time horizontal..
The organ pipes....the tour guide said that there are about 7000 pipes there...some in the chamber, some underground....so many....imagine when someone plays that, it will be like so LOUD....plus, organ pipes have this very eerie-sounding tone to it...
Me and Quynh....my favourite picture among all the pictures... we got a lady to take for us....she's so pro......thanks a lot!!
A sheep i think....i feel christians will appreciate this more...coz they might understand the meaning behind it...
Nice View
Altars
the coronation chairs...
see the beautiful design on the chairs?? like there's a worshipper praying...every row also like that....craved by hand...
Confession box....
Altar...the craving of the wood.....the patterns, all so meticulous and refined...
Me...
This part quite modern looking..
I feel this picture quite artsy leh...with the stairs winding up...this pic was not taken by me lar of course...
This wall is actually right behind the main altar....the very magnificent one....it's like a secret altar....if the tour guide didnt bring us, we would not have seen this hidden treasure...there's a narrow path to walk to the back... 
actually it shows a dove, piercing into the sun, those lines symbolises a sun, then there's jesus...the whole thing is made out of bronze...so it took alot of work to make it the way it is today..
organ pipes....1000 over pipes....but smaller than the previous one....
This place is big!
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