Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris ; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"
also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame,
is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la
Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. 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.
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 desecration during
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 restoration project
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.
As the cathedral of the Archdiocese
of Paris, Notre-Dame contains the cathedra of
the Archbishop
of Paris, currently Michel Aupetit.
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