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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.
French Gothic architecture is an architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century. The most notable examples are the great Gothic cathedrals of France, including Notre-Dame Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral.
By the time that St Peter's was completed, a style of architecture was developed by architects who knew all the rules that had been so carefully recovered, and chose to break them. The effect was a dynamic style of architecture in which the forms seem to take on life of their own, moving, swaying and undulating. [52]
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.''
By the time some 600 firefighters had doused the fire’s final flames, much of Notre Dame, a jewel of Gothic architecture, lay in ruins. The 315-foot spire that had graced the Parisian skyline ...
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 ...
After 2,000 fallen oak trees, almost one billion dollars, and the combined efforts of over 1,000 master artisans, Paris’s architectural masterpiece has shown itself anew.Today, Notre Dame ...
Notre-Dame de Paris was originally equipped with ten bells, eight in the north tower and two, the largest, in the south tower. [28] The principal bell, or bourdon, called Emmanuel, was installed in the north tower in the 15th century, and is still in place. It required the strength of eleven men, pulling on ropes from a chamber below, to ring ...