It has one hundred and thirty-six spires--twenty-one more are to be added.

Each spire is surmounted by a statue six and a half feet high.

Every thing about the church is marble, and all from the same quarry; it was bequeathed to the Archbishopric for this purpose centuries ago.

So nothing but the mere workmanship costs; still that is expensive -- the bill foots up six hundred and eighty-four millions of francs thus far (considerably over a hundred millions of dollars,) and it is estimated that it will take a hundred and twenty years yet to finish the cathedral.

It looks complete, but is far from being so.