Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

4th century, Quasimodo's home, look closely at its left-hand portal a saint holds his head in his hand. Enter through the western entrance to climb the tower.Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris, Roman soldiers tortured Denis near the present site of Notre-Dame and then decapitated him on the slopes of Montmartre. Then—still according to legend—the martyred saint astonished one and all by picking up his head and walking northward almost four miles until he collapsed on the site now marked by the cathedral (formerly the abbey church) that bears his name.The cathedral is open every day of the year from 8:00 am to 6:45 pm (7:15 pm on Saturdays and Sundays). Free entrance