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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] [b] 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 President of the University of Notre Dame is the head of the institution and is elected by the board of Trustees. [84] He is chosen among the priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The first president was the founder of the university, Rev. Edward Sorin, who came from France in 1842. [85]
The government owns approximately 95% of France's more than 42,000 Catholic churches. ... The restoration efforts following the 2019 fire at Notre Dame Cathedral have ...
The Notre Dame football team's history began when the Michigan team brought the game to Notre Dame in 1887 and played against a group of students. [310] Since then, 13 Fighting Irish teams have won consensus national championships (although the university only claims 11), [ 294 ] along with another nine teams being named national champions by ...
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 ...
Harvested in France’s west, and fashioned into towering frames in the country’s northeast, the oaks of Notre Dame’s newly soaring roof, wound their way back to Paris along the River Seine.
PARIS (Reuters) -The word "Merci" was projected on to the front of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral as it reopened on Saturday, in thanks for its salvation after a devastating fire that brought the 860 ...
Those monks added the double-nave, pre-Romanesque church Notre-Dame-sous-Terre. [9] William de Volpiano, the Italian architect who had built the Abbey of Fécamp in Normandy, was chosen by Richard II of Normandy to build the church of the abbey in 1060. He designed the Romanesque church of the abbey, placing the transept crossing at the top of ...