point zero

Notre-Dame is Paris Point Zero. The cathedral is the exact center of Paris, and all distances are measured from a small brass plaque with an engraved compass, a plaque over which one can tiptoe.

                       48.8530° N, 2.3499° E                                    Tommy, my jokester bro, at Le Petit Trianon
                                                                                                         Is he lamenting over Marie-Antoinette?

Carved into the exterior of the Milan Cathedral are 135 gargoyles.
Tommy isn't one of them … not yet.