What’s Inside the Notre Dame Cathedral before the fire?

What’s inside the Notre Dame Cathedral before the 2019 fire that damaged most of the structure?

statue of a saint in notre dame cathedral paris france

Going inside the Notre Dame Cathedral got me a sense of creepy feeling. Why not? Its architecture style is gothic and it is where St. Joan of Arc, after being burned at the stake, was beatified.

st thomas d'aquin notre dame cathedral paris france

saint joan d'arc notre dame cathedral paris france

sculpture on the wall of notre dame cathedral paris france

lighting of candles inside notre dame cathedral paris france

There are relics – teeth, hair, bones – of St. Denis and St. Geneviève inside the cathedral’s spire and many precious sculpture and statues that date centuries back are housed inside it. I don’t know how many of these pieces survived the fire but I hope my favorite, the 1725 Pieta statue “Descent from the Cross”, was not among the casualties.

tomb of pope inside notre dame cathedral paris france

tomb of pop inside notre dame cathedral paris france

The photos that I took here are some of the masterpieces inside the cathedral and some, you may not even see anymore, even when the cathedral reopens after its rehabilitation.