Personally for me, beauty cannot be defined. In the most ugly thing you can find beauty. For me everything has its beauty; you just have to see it from another prospective not from the commonly held social prospective. Everyone has her or his interpretation about the relationship beauty and religion has for me being a Catholic all my life, I was taught that God created every single thing in his image, and that everything he created was pure beauty. Nowadays all beauty is interpreted in a different superficial kind of way. Beauty nowadays in a person is being a perfect face skinny tall girl, when actually that is not the definition of beauty. The modern concept of beauty is shallower than what the real concept is. Since the start of humanity, people have tried to define what real beauty is through many ways like art, philosophy, and architecture. The building of these historical churches is a perfect example of the relationship beauty has with religion. Architects in the thirteen century where try to convey beauty in the building of these gorgeous Gothic and Romanesque architecture. I would say that the Gothic architecture was defined as “architecture with agenda”, because they had various ideas they wanted to implement at the same time, but couldn’t complete. On my visit to these marvelous cathedrals, I didn’t perceive a lot of resembles between the cathedrals. St. Germain des Près being Romanesque and Early Gothic architecture the buttresses are made of thick stone with a heavy stone roof. For me this church didn't seem very old even though it is one of the oldest churches in Paris. Notre Dame being a Gothic architecture has buttresses that were less heavy, and greeted faithful followers with light inside. It has big high pointed arches and ribbed vaults. Notre Dame also has gargoyles that carry the rainwater and more windows that shaped in various figures. There are three rose windows in the Cathedral, which still retain most of its original glass. These West portals show the story of Virgin Mary, the last judgment, and the life of St. Anne. Visiting these churches made me see the magnificent details they invested into the building that I would have appreciated, if I didn’t know the history behind it.