Notre-Dame de Paris ~ by Hénock Gugsa

Notre-Dame de Paris *

~ by Hénock Gugsa ~

 

Monday, April 15, 2019 -- The eyes of the whole world turned towards [850-year-old] Notre-Dame in flames. The cathedral burned for several hours, but the foundations and the facade remained intact. As the most visited historical monument in Europe with 13 million visitors each year, Notre-Dame has indelibly marked both hearts and history.

King Louis VII, the people, and the bishop of Paris were all collaborators in the erection of the this majestic cathedral in honor of the Virgin Mary on the a majestic cathedral in honor of the Virgin Mary in place of the cathedral of Saint-Étienne on the Île de la Cité in 1163
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*source: france.fr/en/paris 
photo: Notre-Dame (nuit avant l'incendie), the arrow of Notre Dame before the fire.

Memory Bits ! ~ by Hénock Gugsa (ሄኖክ ጉግሣ)

 Memory Bits ! 

~ ~ by Hénock Gugsa (ሄኖክ  ጉግሣ) ~

50 Ethiopian cents (አምሳ ሳንቲም ) [ During the Nineteen-Fifties and Sixties ! ] ===> worth maybe 10 American cents then!

~ If you were a day student (ተመላላሽ) at Tafari Makonnen School in Addis Ababa, and could afford to spend 50-cents, you would be able to buy a decent lunch outside the school campus ... at the neighboring local eateries (የሃበሻ ምግብ ቤቶች) !!!