| Notre-Dame Catholic cathedral in Paris
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| | awareness to the dangerous state of
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| dates back to the 13th century and are
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| | disrepair into which the Cathedral had
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| one of the masterpieces of Gothic art in
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| | fallen, consequently raising a new
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| Western Europe. The combination of stain
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| | awareness of its artistic value. Whereas
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| glasses and the huge interior are really
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| | 18th-century neoclassicists had virtually
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| stunning which arouses artistic
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| | ignored the creations of the Middle Ages
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| experiences of mystical dimension.
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| | - and had even replaced the stained glass
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| Located on the Cité island and
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| | at Notre-Dame with normal glass - the
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| surrounded by the Seine river, Notre-Dame
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| | 19th-century romantics saw that distant
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| is a flagship in the Parisian landscape
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| | period with new eyes and greater
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| and provides a magnificent view of the
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| | appreciation.
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| city from the top of its towers.
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| | Besides bringing new life to the rose
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| Notre-Dame was preceded by a Gallo-Roman
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| | windows and the statues, Viollet-le-Duc
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| temple to Jupiter, a Christian basilica,
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| | designed Notre-Dame's spire, a new
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| and a Romanesque church. Its in Paris
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| | feature of the building, and the
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| began in 1163 during the reign of Louis
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| | sacristy. Also in the 19th century, Baron
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| VII. Pope Alexander III laid the
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| | Haussmann evicted those Parisians whose
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| foundation stone. Construction was
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| | houses cluttered the Cathedral's
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| completed approximately 200 years later
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| | vicinity. During the Commune of 1871, the
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| in about 1345.
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| | Cathedral was nearly burned by the
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| Notre-Dame has had an action-packed
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| | Communards. Whatever happened, Notre-Dame
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| history over the centuries. Crusaders
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| | survived the Commune essentially
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| prayed here before leaving on their holy
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| | unscathed.
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| wars and polyphonic music developed in
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| | Yet it is the art of Notre-Dame, rather
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| the cathedral. Notre-Dame was plundered
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| | than its history, that still awes. The
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| during the French revolution, as were a
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| | west front includes 28 statues
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| number of other cathedrals throughout
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| | representing the monarchs of Judea and
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| France. Many of the cathedral's other
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| | Israel. The three portals illustrate,
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| treasures were either destroyed or
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| | from left to right, the Last Judgment;
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| plundered only the great bells avoided
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| | the Madonna and Child; St. Anne, the
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| being melted down. Revolutionaries
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| | Virgin's mother; and Mary's youth until
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| devoted the cathedral first to the cult
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| | the birth of Jesus. The interior, with
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| of Reason, and subsequently to the cult
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| | its slender, graceful columns, is
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| of the Supreme Being. The church interior
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| | imposing - there is room for as many as
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| was used as a warehouse for the storage
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| | 6,000 worshipers. The three rose windows
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| of food.
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| | to the west, north, and south - are
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| Notre-Dame has the distinction of being
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| | masterful, their colors a glory to behold
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| the cathedral where Napoléon, wishing to
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| | on a sunny day.
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| emphasize the primacy of the state over
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| | To have looked at the upper parts of the
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| the church, crowned himself emperor, and
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| | church, the river, and much of Paris,
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| then crowned Joséphine, his
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| | climbs the 387 steps to the top of one of
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| Martinique-born wife, as his empress.
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| | the towers. The south tower holds
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| During the 19th century, writer Victor
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| | Notre-Dame's 13-ton bell, which is rung
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| Hugo and artists such as Ingres brought
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| | on special occasions.
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