readx; Little Peter and the others followed Ratfar, and in silence they returned back along the way up the mountain. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoBy the time they got back to the place where the carriage was guarded by several knights, it was already getting dark.

Ratfar was the last to board the carriage. He adjusted his posture to make himself more comfortable in his chair and breathed a sigh of relief.

He first took a sip of water to himself, and then looked at the two people opposite him and said, "Okay." We will continue our journey now, and we will be at the monastery tomorrow or so. You probably haven't seen a few official monasteries. I'll tell you about Peter, Cromwell Abbey, though not the largest on the whole continent. But it is one of the most famous and historic monasteries. More than half of the cardinals have come out of here. He said with a proud look on his face.

Little Peter and Eva listened quietly. The two of them listened and couldn't help but imagine in their minds. They had just seen the outline of the monastery on the peak, but this did not prevent them from reverie and longing for this world-famous monastery.

It is a pity that people do not have the ability to predict the future. So they won't know what awaits them in the monastery.

Nothing was said all night.

Wait until the next day, when the day will be light. Little Peter and the others left the camp and got back on the road. The closer he got to the monastery, the more nervous little Peter became. He licked his lips unconsciously, and he really felt irritable and had to take out the water bladder and take a sip.

As the cold water swallowed down, little Peter couldn't help but shiver and suddenly came to his senses.

He peered out the window. I saw that the sun had not yet fully risen, and the earth seemed to be dark. In the distance, the dark figure of the monastery loomed. Little Peter watched carefully.

He couldn't see the whole of Cromwell's Abbey. Also, because of the light, he couldn't tell it carefully.

But he was still able to confirm that the monastery as a whole was Gothic by looking at some very obvious architectural styles. It has a very exaggerated pointed arch. Unable to see the whole of the monastery, little Peter only looked at the corner in front of him.

Under the background of the extremely exaggerated arch ribs, flying towers, and slender beam columns, the whole building presents an obvious sense of flying.

Seeing their surprised expressions, Ratfar couldn't help but smile and said, "The whole style of this monastery is Gothic. The building you can see now is just one of the humble monastery complexes. The building is now mainly used for communal dining. After saying that, he sighed involuntarily.

Little Peter and Eva looked at each other in surprise. He turned his head and looked carefully at the majestic and magnificent building in front of him, secretly calculating the area. He didn't see the full picture of Cromwell Abbey, though. But I already have a very deep impression of it.

Of course, although the building did not seem very far away to Peter's eyes, they sat in the carriage until the sun climbed into the sky before they came to it.

Little Peter could finally take a serious look at the imposing building in front of him. The entire building is made of stone. Towering and upright, brilliant and magnificent, it looks unusually solemn, harmonious and stable. The plane is in the shape of a cross with short transverse wings, sitting east and facing west, the front style is unique, the structure is rigorous, and it looks very majestic and solemn.

As little Peter was carefully surveying the ground, the carriage stopped about a mile from the building. He was kicked out of the car by Cardinal Ratfar. Ratfar told them that it was best to stand in the distance and look at it for the first time, so that they would have the most intuitive understanding.

He could only look at the Gothic building that stood tall in the distance, and the huge doors were surrounded by statues, layer after layer, and the stone statues became smaller and smaller as they went inside. All the pillars are tall and slender, and they are united with the pointed arches of the upper part. The atrium is narrow, tall and long. From the outside, the towering form and the bell tower and minaret at the top give the impression of rising into the blue sky. The main façade of the building is the most wonderful and harmonious of the Gothic buildings he has ever seen on the continent, with a ratio of almost 1:0.618 to a golden ratio of 1:618 between horizontal and vertical levels, and the columns and decorative bands divide the façade into nine small rectangles of gold.

He and Eva walked to the front. He was led in by Cardinal Ratfar, who had been waiting there in a carriage early.

Little Peter walked and observed. He found that the façade of the building was about 69 meters high, and it was divided into three levels by three horizontal decorative bands: on the ground floor there were three peach-shaped doorways, and the doors were carved with many statues and carvings. The central arch depicts the Lord's "Last Judgment" in the heavenly court. The oldest statue of the church, located in the arch on the right, depicts the life of the Lord and the portrait of the first pope. The arch on the left depicts an unusually tragic battle.

Ratfar stopped at the archway on the left and said to Little Peter, "This is what the people of our monastery call it the Nightmare Gate. The war on it is the one where I led you over the mountain. The Holy See built it as a reminder and as a commemoration. ”

Little Peter looked carefully at the picture depicted on the arch. Thinking about the corpses that covered the mountains when he climbed the mountain, I couldn't help but shed tears.

Seeing him like this, Eva patted him on the back and whispered, "Okay." Uncle William has gone back. We're about to start a new life, Peter don't cry and live with a smile. ”

Little Peter raised his head in embarrassment and wiped his eyes. Then he saw the magnificent statue on the arch. He opened his mouth wide in surprise, and quickly pointed to the group of statues above, and pulled Eva desperately with one hand. Eva looked up in the direction and was shocked by the shock.

Above the arch, there are about 40 statues of different people. The carving is lifelike and vivid. The expression on it is realistic, and the eyes are smart. It gave little Peter a huge shock to their hearts.

Cardinal Ratfar had a look on his face that he had known this to be. After the two of them slowly came back to their senses, they smiled and said, "Above this arch is called the Papal Gallery, and there are statues of all the popes of the past. This is the only place in the Holy See where statues of the popes of the past are gathered. It is a rare treasure of the Holy See. It is regarded as if it were his life by the Holy See now. As he spoke, his excitement became lowered, and his voice became flat. He sighed with emotion at the end, and said nothing more.

Little Peter knew what the other party thought, it was nothing more than that the current Holy See had gradually declined. It is impossible to reproduce the glory of the past, and even now even the Pope can no longer be called the Pope. This is a great shame for the Holy See, which has a glorious history, but unfortunately there is no way to wash it away.

He pursed his lips and didn't say anything, but continued to observe. The second floor of the promenade is flanked by two large stone mullioned windows, with stained glass windows in the middle. In the decoration, the design of the stained glass window is the most attractive, there are long, round and rectangular, but one of the circles is the most. Commonly known as "rose glass windows". This palatial stained glass depicts biblical stories, and Cardinal Ratfar said that the former clergy used these images for their preaching purposes. In the center is the Blessed Virgin and Child, and statues of angels stand on either side. On either side are statues of human ancestors. On the third level, there is a row of slender carved arched stone balustrades that create an illusory world of gods and demons with strange and grim expressions, and some elves like birds, but with strange wings, appearing in various corners of the top of the building. They loom behind the spire or at the edge of the balustrade.

On the left and right sides are the towers, symmetrically distributed with towering spires. One of the towers hangs a large bell, and the main part of the main part is cross-shaped in plan. As with all Gothic buildings, the wings are shorter, the central axis is longer, and the atrium is surmounted by a minaret up to 90 meters high. At the top of the tower is a slender cross that looks like it touches the heavens, and it is said that the cross and its crown used by the Lord for His Punishment are sealed in the ball beneath this cross.

Finally, when little Peter asked Ratfar what the name of the building was.

Ratfar looked up at it wistfully, and then said a name to them, Notre Dame, with a serious expression.