Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre Dame redirects here. For other referents of Notre Dame, please see Notre Dame (disambiguation).
Notre-Dame de Paris, (French for "Our Lady of Paris," meaning the church in Paris dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus) often known simply as Notre-Dame, is a gothic cathedral on the Ile de la Cité in Paris, France.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral seen from the River Seine. |
The construction of the cathedral lasted from 1163 to 1345. It began during the reign of Louis VII.
It underwent restoration during the 19th century: Eugene Viollet-le-Duc.
Napoleon Bonaparte, who had declared the Empire on May 28, 1804, was crowned Emperor at Notre-Dame on December 2, 1804.
Road distances to Paris are measured from the front of the cathedral.
The building
Notre-Dame in history
Miscellaneous
External links and References
Notre-Dame de Paris (published in English as The Hunchback of Notre Dame) is a novel by Victor Hugo about a fictional bell-ringer of the cathedral. It has been made into several movies and musicals.
