Giacobbe Giusti, Notre-Dame de Paris
Giacobbe Giusti, Notre-Dame de Paris
Giacobbe Giusti, Notre-Dame de Paris
Giacobbe Giusti, Notre-Dame de Paris
Giacobbe Giusti, Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame at the end of the 19th century
Giacobbe Giusti, Notre-Dame de Paris
The Archaeological Crypt of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Giacobbe Giusti, Notre-Dame de Paris
Giacobbe Giusti, Notre-Dame de Paris
| Our Lady of Paris | |
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| 48.8530°N 2.3498°ECoordinates: 48.8530°N 2.3498°E | |
| Location | Parvis Notre-Dame – place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, France |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.notredamedeparis.fr |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Style | French Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1163 |
| Completed | 1345 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 128 metres (420 ft) |
| Width | 48 metres (157 ft) |
| Number of towers | 2 |
| Tower height | 69 metres (226 ft) |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Spire height | 90 metres (300 ft) |
| Bells | 10 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Paris |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Michel Aupetit |
| Rector | Patrick Jacquin |
| Dean | Patrick Chauvet |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Sylvain Dieudonné[1] |
| Official name: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris | |
| Type | Cathédrale |
| Designated | 1862[2] |
| Reference no. | PA00086250 |
Notre-Dame de Paris(French: [nɔtʁə dam də paʁi] (
listen); meaning « Our Lady of Paris« ), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholiccathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissementof Paris, France.[3] The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. The innovative use of the rib vault and flying buttress, the enormous and colorful rose windows, and the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration all set it apart from earlier Romanesque architecture.[4]
The cathedral was begun in 1160 and largely completed by 1260, though it was modified frequently in the following centuries. In the 1790s, Notre-Dame suffered desecrationduring the French Revolution when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. Soon after the publication of Victor Hugo‘s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1831, popular interest in the building revived. A major restorationproject supervised by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc began in 1845 and continued for twenty-five years. Beginning in 1963, the facade of the Cathedral was cleaned of centuries of soot and grime, returning it to its original color. Another campaign of cleaning and restoration was carried out from 1991-2000.[5]
As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame contains the cathedra of the Archbishop of Paris, currently Michel Aupetit.
Giacobbe Giusti 