Chimera of Notre-Dame de Paris

A close-up profile view of a grey stone chimera perched on the exterior of Notre-Dame Cathedral. The creature has large, pointed ears, a hunched back, and wings folded against its torso, looking down toward the horizon. In the soft-focus background, the distant skyline of Paris is visible, featuring the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower.

These chimeras were added during Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's 19th-century restoration of the cathedral, reflecting a Romanticized, neo-Gothic revival of medieval imagery.