Notre-Dame de Paris Photo Print

Notre-Dame de Paris. Notre-Dame cathedral, Notre-Dame de Paris or Notre-Dame de Paris (Notre-Dame de Paris) is a Catholic church in the centre of Paris, one of the symbols of the French capital. The Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris. Located in the eastern part of the island of Cité, in the fourth city district, on the site of the first Christian church in Paris - the Basilica of St. Stephen, built, in turn, on the foundation of the Gallo-Roman temple of Jupiter. The Gothic cathedral was built on the initiative of the Parisian bishop Maurice de Sully in the period 1163-1345. The altarpiece was consecrated in 1182; The western façade and towers are finished in the second quarter of the 13th century. Since 1235 there have been major changes.