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:I was the one who added it some time ago, I really can not think of a more adequate justification for this desert --Grizzlyring123 04:27, 9 March 2019 (UTC) | :I was the one who added it some time ago, I really can not think of a more adequate justification for this desert --Grizzlyring123 04:27, 9 March 2019 (UTC) | ||
== Kalos Pokémon League is based on Notre Dame == | |||
It was weird not to see a Pokémon-ified Notre-Dame cathedral in Lumiose City, especially when Notre-Dame such an iconic French icon. | |||
So, the Kalos Pokemon League might not be based on the Nancy Cathedral (I'm curious about why that was chosen), but rather the Eastern facade (side) of the Notre-Dame cathedral, as viewed from the La Fontaine de la Vierge (with some elements, like the "dome-like structures" on the front of the league building, coming from other gothic-era cathedrals). Both the Kalos Pokémon League and the eastern facade of Notre-Dame feature fence-like things on their roofs, numerous {{wp|Flying Buttress|flying buttresses}} (Notre-Dame and the Pokemon League building have flying buttresses that connect to four small towers that are in similar positions; the Kalos league takes some artistic libetries and includes some higher, upside-down "flying buttresses" around the front of the main spire), there are also two areas to the side of the Pokemon League that could also correspond to the northern and southern part of Notre-Dame's {{wp|Transept|transept}} (the sides of the building that jut out from the main part of the building and houses two of Notre-Dame's famous {{wp|Notre-Dame_de_Paris#Stained_glass_—_rose_windows|rose windows}}; the same kind of window architecture that composes the floor of the Elite Four and Champion's chambers), the door that leads into the Pokemon League that has the three circles (that kind of look like an upside-down Mickey Mouse head) features a similar design on the arched windows along the bottom of Notre-Dame, and the Pokemon League has a spire on the center of the main building similar to how Notre-Dame also sports a spire on the converging point of the transept and the main building. | |||
It might be a bit of a stretch, but the four '''big''' towers (not including the spire on top, and yes, there are four; if you move around you can barely see the red roofs of the two other towers behind the two front towers) that are located near the transept of the Pokemon League building may be based on Notre-Dame's bell towers, but more research might need to go into the the inspirations behind those towers. | |||
Pictures of the Eastern end of Notre-Dame and the Kalos Pokemon League: [https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Notre-Dame-Buttresses.jpg] [https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/31/Pok%C3%A9mon_League_Kalos.png] | |||