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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 Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris is located above the cross-section of the cathedral's transept. Notre-Dame de Paris has had three timber spires made of oak, known as flèches . The first was built between 1220 and 1230.
Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C., founder. In 1839, the bishop of Vincennes, Right Rev. Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière, had contacted Rev. Basil Moreau, C.S.C., founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and expressed to him his concern over the lack of Catholic education in his diocese and pleaded for Moreau to send him a priest and four brothers to set up a school.
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 ...
[3] [4] Three buildings were built at the site; the first was built in 1843 and replaced with a larger one in 1865, which burned down in 1879, after which the third and current building was erected. The building hosts the administrative offices of the university, as well as classrooms, art collections, and exhibition spaces.
The Notre-Dame Church, with its replacement being built behind it, 1828. By 1824 the congregation had completely outgrown the church, and James O'Donnell , an Irish-American Anglican from New York City , was commissioned to design the new building, with a goal of accommodating a congregation of up to 10,000. [ 8 ]
The facade of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on November 29, 2024, ahead of a visit of the French president. The cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ...
Cathédrale or Concathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Thyrse de Sisteron; now Église Notre-Dame-des-Pommiers: Digne: Sisteron: Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Thyrsus; now Blessed Virgin Mary (Notre-Dame-des-Pommiers, or "Our Lady of the Apple-trees") former cathedral or co-cathedral (bishopric suppressed in 1801) Soissons Cathedral