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Notre-Dame de Paris (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] ⓘ; meaning "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, [a] is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France.
The longest Gothic cathedral in Europe [66] Notre Dame de Paris: 4,800 [citation needed] 5,500 9,000 1163–1345; 2019–present (reconstruction) Paris France: Catholic Almudena Cathedral: 4,800 [citation needed] 1883–1993 Madrid Spain: Catholic It has a north–south orientation instead of east–west. Dresden Cathedral: 4,800 [citation needed]
The first Christian church is believed to have been built near where Notre Dame Cathedral is today, on the site a Roman temple to Jupiter; stones from the Roman temple were found beneath the choir of Notre Dame when the choir was renovated in 1711 and are now on display in the Cluny Museum.
Notre-Dame de Paris, or the Notre Dame Cathedral, is considered one of the most stunning buildings in the world. Construction on the French Gothic architecture began in 1163 under Bishop Maurice ...
Notre Dame’s importance goes beyond its architecture and history — it’s literally the point from which all roads in France begin. In front of the cathedral, embedded in the cobblestones, lies a modest bronze-and-stone slab with the inscription “point zéro des routes de France,” meaning “starting point of the roads of France.''
Many Gothic cathedrals, like Notre-Dame de Paris and Chartres, were built on the sites of Romanesque cathedrals, and often used the same foundations and crypt. In Romanesque times the crypt was used to keep sacred relics, and often had its own chapels and, as in the 11th-century crypt of the first Chartres Cathedral, a deep well. The Romanesque ...
The cathedral's bells rang out and the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, struck the doors of Notre-Dame three times with his crozier before symbolically reopening the building, as the ceremony ...
Reconstruction works of Notre Dame de Paris in May 2023, Paris, France. Alexander Spatari - Getty Images. ... “When I look at Notre-Dame, I will be able to say, ‘I built that.’”